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Study Finds Federal Government Unable to Ensure Safety of Imported Fresh Foods
With increasing international trade of fresh fruit and vegetables, both safety regulations in other countries and U.S. inspection methods have been brought into question by a recent study. In its examination of several agencies, the General Accounting Office (GAO) said the federal government is unable to ensure that imported foods are safe.
The study, commissioned by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), chairwoman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, found that FDA's reliance on port-of-entry inspections meant that only 46,395, or 1.7 percent, of more than 2.7 million imported food shipments in 1997 were actually checked by an inspector. Of those, only 16,000 underwent a laboratory analysis for disease-causing organisms or other problems. GAO says USDA, on the other hand, visually checked every shipment…
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