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Posted 16 July 2008 - 12:21 PM

The U.S. Government Accounting Office (GAO) just released a report on how Canada, the EU, Germany, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, and the UK do the following:

1) ensure the safety of imported food;
2) respond to outbreaks of foodborne illness;
3) measure the effectiveness of their reorganized food safety systems

Here is a link:

http://www.gao.gov/d...ptno=GAO-08-794

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Posted 16 July 2008 - 01:36 PM

Here are some reactions to the U.S. GAO report in the papers here today:
http://www.chicagotr...0,4992698.story
http://www.latimes.c...0,2681371.story



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