Personal Injury Law

FDA Considering Stricter Produce Standards

By Edward Bills

After the 2006 E. coli contamination of spinach cost growers and processors $86 million, the industry wrote their own standards which are enforced by the California Department of Food and Agriculture. The Food and Drug Administration agreed that if U.S. farmers followed those same guidelines, the nation?s fresh produce supply would be safer. Action by Congress is needed to give the FDA that authority.

Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on September 29, 2008 (boomark / email).