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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828084603321

Titolo

The potential consequences of public release of food safety and inspection service establishment-specific data / / Committee on a Study of Food Safety and Other Consequences of Publishing Establishment-Specific Data, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : National Academies Press, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

0-309-22468-3

0-309-22466-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (114 p.)

Disciplina

363.19/20973

Soggetti

Food adulteration and inspection - United States - Information resources

Food industry and trade - United States - Safety measures

Food industry and trade - Risk management - United States

Disclosure of information - United States

Government information - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Background -- Transparency and food safety and inspection service data-sharing -- Experience with public posting of government data -- Public release of food safety and inspection service establishment-specific data.

Sommario/riassunto

Legal regulations and manufacturers' monitoring practices have not been enough to prevent contamination of the national food supply and protect consumers from serious harm. In addressing food safety risks, regulators could perhaps better ensure the quality and safety of food by monitoring food production not just at a single point in production but all along the way, from farm to table. Recognizing the troubled state of food safety, the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) Food Forum met in Washington, DC, on September 9, 2008, to explore the management



of food safety practices from the beginning of the supply chain to the marketplace.