Food Poisoning
Consumer demand flavors food import safety issues
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, November 18th, 2007
With U.S. food imports set to top more than $2 trillion this year and expected to triple by 2015, a panel on food safety commissioned by President Bush met at Texas A&M University to discuss ways to strengthen the national and global import infrastructure.
Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach, Food and Drug Administration commissioner, said the nation’s consumer is one who "expects to eat strawberries in February."
That has led to more change...
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