The Food and Drug Administration released the
first batch of sweeping new food safety regulations Thursday that are
designed to stop outbreaks of food poisoning that kill 3,000 or more
people a year.
The new regulations are intended to make food
processors to anticipate where germs might be getting into food products
— and work ahead of time to prevent them.
It sounds like common sense, but current
regulations only require that food manufacturers, distributors and
regulators respond only once an outbreak starts.
"Rather than just react to outbreaks, we are
requiring food facilities to take measures to prevent them from the
get-go," said Jenny Scott, a senior adviser in FDA's Office of Food
Safety.
"It is the first time that food processors are
going to be required to prevent contamination. That's huge," said Sandra
Eskin, who directs food safety research at the Pew Charitable Trusts.
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