date:Sep 27, 2013
Undeclared allergens caused 60% of food and beverage recalls from the Food and Drug Administration and 65% of the meat and poultry recalls from the U.S. Department of Agriculture during the second quarter of 2013, according to a quarterly recall index published by Stericycle ExpertRecall, Indianapolis, in mid-August. The issue of undeclared allergens has been one of the leading sources of recalls during the past few years. As full implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act nears, food a