-- Repeal outdated end-product and processing plant inspection mandates and
shift the emphasis of inspection practices to the prevention of
outbreaks and illnesses through the entire food production process and
supply chain;
-- Create mechanisms that allow inspection practices to keep pace with
changes in the industry;
-- Establish uniform performance standards and best practices that are
enforceable through actions including detention and recall authority and
civil penalty authority;
-- Require food safety education for commercial food handlers;
-- Improve monitoring of foreign imports and international practices; and
-- Strengthen the FDA with increased funding and aligning resources with
high risk threats, with the long-term goal of realigning all federal
food safety functions.
The full report is available on TFAH's Web site at http://www.healthyamericans.org. The report was supported by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Trust for America's Health is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to saving lives by protecting the health of every community and working to make disease prevention a national priority.
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