The Federal Food Safety System: A Primer

Johnson, Renée

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Food;    Food safety;    Agriculture;    Animals;    Medicine;   

RP-ID  :  RS22600
RP-ID  :  RS22600_2010Sep22

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The combined efforts of the food industry and the regulatory agencies often are credited with making the U.S. food supply among the safest in the world. Nonetheless, many food-related health issues persist. At issue is whether the current U.S. regulatory system has the resources and structural organization to protect consumers from these dangers. Also at issue is whether the federal food safety laws themselves, first enacted in the early 1900s, have kept pace with the significant changes that have occurred in the food production, processing, and marketing sectors since then.