NEW APPROACH TO FOOD SAFETY FDA REVISING INSPECTION CODE THAT DATES FROM 1943 FIVE STAR Edition

THE FEDERAL Food and Drug Administration is on the verge of turning its model for food-safety inspections upside down to focus inspectors' attention on restaurants with a higher risk of causing food-borne illnesses. The FDA drafted its model food code in 1943 and has made few changes since. In...

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Published inSt. Louis post-dispatch
Main Author Daniel R. Browning, Thom Gross and Carolyn Tuft Of the Post-Dispatch Staff
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published St. Louis, Mo Pulitzer, Inc 26.09.1993
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Food safety
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Summary:THE FEDERAL Food and Drug Administration is on the verge of turning its model for food-safety inspections upside down to focus inspectors' attention on restaurants with a higher risk of causing food-borne illnesses. The FDA drafted its model food code in 1943 and has made few changes since. In the meantime, commercial food preparation has become more complicated, and the bacteria that cause food-borne illnesses harder to track as the food moves from the farm to our bellies. Most local health departments - including those in the St. Louis metropolitan area - model their inspection programs after the FDA's code. The FDA considers them outdated.