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FDA Foreknowledge of Salmonella and E. Coli Health Threats |
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Monday, 23 April 2007 |
The Washington
Post
April 23, 2007
FDA knew of health threats that led to
outbreaks
Years before outbreaks, agency was aware of
problems at peanut butter plant and spinach farms.
By ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON
“When
budgets are tight … the food program at FDA gets hit the hardest.”
Caroline Smith DeWaal, Center
for Science IN the Public Interest
WASHINGTON | The FDA knew for years about contamination at a Georgia peanut
butter plant and on California spinach farms that led to disease outbreaks,
documents and interviews show.
Overwhelmed by huge growth in the number of food processors and imports,
however, the agency took only limited steps to address the problems and relied
on producers to police themselves, according to agency documents. Three people
died in the incidents and hundreds were sickened.
Congressional critics and consumer advocates said both episodes show that
the Food and Drug Administration is incapable of adequately protecting the
safety of the food supply.
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