Personal Injury Law

One Step Forward for a Better Food Safety Policy

By Bill Marler, Esq.

Thanks to Undersecretary for Food Safety (FSIS) Richard Raymond, and Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Ed Schafer for announcing plans to tell the public, which grocery stores and other retailers have received, tainted meat during “Class I” recalls. Consumers now can be told if their local grocery store got tainted meat during a recall. Under the new rule, which is expected to be published next week and take effect 30 days later, retailers' names will be posted on the Agriculture Department Web site during so-called "Class I" meat and poultry recalls - those deemed to pose a definite public health risk.

Full post as published by Marler Blog on July 12, 2008 (boomark / email).