FDA To Address Lag Between Food Recall And Removal

Recent high-profile e-coli outbreaks and a damning government investigation have spurred renewed efforts to speed up Food and Drug Administration recalls of unsafe food.

"The food recall process [is] too slow and unduly exposes countless Americans to food that can make them sick – or even kill them," Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said in a statement July 31.l

The lawmaker's criticism followed an early alert report from the Health and Human Service Department that said its ongoing audit of the FDA's recall procedures found the agency lacks "an efficient and effective food recall initiation process."

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