Food Safety and Quality. Uniform, Risk-Based Inspection System Needed to Ensure Safe Food Supply,

Abstract

The federal government spends about $1 billion a year to ensure the safety and quality of an estimated 275 billion meals that the nation consumes each year. This effort is achieved through a fragmentary, complex regulatory system consisting of as many as 35 different laws and involving 12 agencies. Concerned about the effectiveness of the federal food safety inspection system, the Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, asked GAO to determine if (1) food inspection systems are logical and consistent, (2) agencies are efficiently using federal resources for inspection, and (3) agencies are effectively coordinating their food safety and quality inspection efforts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA297289

Entities

People

  • Edward M. Zadjura
  • Keith W. Oleson
  • Louis J. Schuster
  • Robert R. Tomco
  • Susan E. Swearingen

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birds
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Environmental Protection
  • Food Processing
  • Food Safety
  • Health Services
  • House Of Representatives
  • Interagency Coordination
  • Law
  • Manufacturing
  • Medical Personnel
  • National Governments
  • Public Health
  • Risk Analysis
  • United States
  • United States Government

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  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
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