The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced a new strategy in how it plans to monitor and inspect food imports.
In a statement released on Monday, 25 February, Commissioner Scott Gottlieb and Frank Yiannas, the FDA’s deputy director, said the agency will work harder to ensure that food grown abroad meets the same standards as food produced domestically. One of the new ways the FDA will do that is through the creation of a third-party certification program that will create audit standards to ensure foreign facilities meet American standards.
The FDA also will partner with countries that have food safety guidelines that mesh with the agency’s standards. Agreements have already been made with officials from Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, and work continues on a pact with the European Union…
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