To Fill Food Safety Gap, Processors Pay Inspectors

Some sectors of the food industry are paying other government agencies to do what the FDA rarely does: muck through fields and pore over records to make sure food is handled properly.

The New York Times reports that with huge losses from food-poisoning recalls and little oversight from the federal Food and Drug Administration, some sectors of the food industry are cobbling together their own form of regulation in an attempt to reassure consumers. They are paying other government agencies to do what the F.D.A. rarely does: muck through fields and pore over records to make sure food is handled properly.

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Source: New York Times