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20% of serious food safety violations in US are ignored

Mon, Oct 02, 2017 - 5:50 AM

A kitchen worker setting up the salad bar at the FDA cafeteria. According to a new report, inspectors at the agency have failed to follow up on serious food safety violations by food manufacturers.

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Washington

GOVERNMENT inspectors in the US failed to take action on one of every five serious food safety risks identified in manufacturing facilities, according to a report released by federal auditors last Wednesday. In the remaining cases, the agency almost always asked food...

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