date:Nov 09, 2018
The US Food and Drug Administration has announced plans to make greater use of its mandatory recall authority. The goal would be to quickly remove unsafe food from the shelves.
Since 2001, Congress has given mandatory recall authority to the FDA as part of the Food Safety Modernization Act. Mandatory recalls can be issued after companies fail to comply with voluntary ones.
Fortunately, most companies collaborate with the FDA to rapidly initiate voluntary recalls of hazardous food products, sai