International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Teamsters Call on U.S. Foodservice to Get Serious About Food Safety
Published in Health Risk Factor Week, August 4th, 2009
Today, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters call on U.S. Foodservice CEO Bob Aiken to step down from the board of the International Foodservice Distributors Association (IFDA), citing the trade association's questionable positions on food safety. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 76 million Americans are sickened, 325,000 are hospitalized and 5,000 die each year from food borne illnesses.
U.S. Foodservice, based in Rosemont, Ill., is owned by private equity firms Kohlberg, Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) and Clayton Dubilier & Rice Inc. (CD&R), and is one of the largest food distributors in the United States. U.S. Foodservice supplies food...
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