Enhancing food safety the role of the Food and Drug Administration

"Recent outbreaks of illnesses traced to contaminated sprouts and lettuce illustrate the holes that exist in the system for monitoring problems and preventing foodborne diseases. Although it is not solely responsible for ensuring the safety of the nation's food supply, the U.S. Food and Dr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Institute of Medicine (U.S.).
Corporate Author: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Review of Food and Drug Administration's Role in Ensuring Safe Food (-)
Other Authors: Wallace, Robert B., 1942- (-), Oria, Maria
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press c2010.
Edition:1st ed
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009622299706719
Table of Contents:
  • ""Front Matter""; ""Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Summary""; ""Part I: Setting the Stage for Understanding and Improving the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Role in the Food Safety System""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The Food Safety System: Context and Current Status""; ""Part II: Toward a Stronger and More Effective Food Safety System""; ""3 Adopting a Risk-Based Decision-Making Approach to Food Safety""; ""4 Sharing the Responsibility for a Risk-Based System: Models of Governance and Oversight""; ""Part III: Implementation of the New Food Safety System""
  • ""5 Creating an Integrated Information Infrastructure for a Risk-Based Food Safety System""""6 Creating a Research Infrastructure for a Risk-Based Food Safety System""; ""7 Integrating Federal, State, and Local Government Food Safety Programs""; ""8 Enhancing the Efficiency of Inspections""; ""9 Improving Food Safety and Risk Communication""; ""10 Modernizing Legislation to Enhance the U.S. Food Safety System""; ""11 Achieving the Vision of an Efficient Risk-Based Food Safety System""; ""Appendix A: Workshop Agendas""
  • ""Appendix B: Past Recommendations About the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Food Safety Program""""Appendix C: Food Safety Systems in the United States and Other Countries""; ""Appendix D: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Food Defense Program""; ""Appendix E: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Imported Food Safety""; ""Appendix F: Food Safety Research at Intramural and Extramural U.S. Food and Drug Administration Research Centers, by Topic""; ""Appendix G: U.S. Food and Drug Administration Food Protection Plan""; ""Appendix H: Glossary""
  • ""Appendix I: Acronyms and Abbreviations""""Appendix J: Committee Member Biographical Sketches""