FDA Shortcomings

FDA Shortcomings

“Better late than never” is a proverbial cliche that shouldn’t apply when it comes to initiating food recalls. In the most recent federal audit of the US Food and Drug Administration’s overall implementation of food recall procedures the FDA failed on several fronts, even failing to follow its own regulation procedures when it came to procuring proper documentation of contaminated products disposal. The FDA’s response to the audit was to agree that the agency needed to reevaluate the chain of traceability within its own circle; while at the same time offering the same old excuse of being overworked and understaffed. While the Food Safety Modernization Act, which was passed into law this past January, is meant to give the FDA more authority when it comes to issuing recalls, overseeing imports, especially when it comes to preventing food entry into the US if the foreign facility refuses US inspection, and conducting more frequent inspections here at home, it doesn’t amount to a hill of beans if the law doesn’t receive funding. Without proper funding the new Food Safety Law is virtually nothing more than good intentions. 

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