date:Nov 08, 2012
preserving industry cooperation. We are not regulatory, even though CDC depends upon those industries to cooperate with us during those investigations.
FDA has a similar approach.
When the epidemiologic, laboratory, and environmental information is deemed sufficient to implicate a specific food, FDA informs the public, providing as many specifics as possible regarding the retail location, brand, packaging, lot codes, etc., said Patricia El-Hinnawy, press officer for FDAs Center for Food Safe