United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2004-10-07 monographic deposited born digital 83 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-51 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-51 P0b002ee18038a8fb f:d0551 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-51 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-51 GAO-05-51 Consumer protection Contaminated foods Customer service Food industry Food inspection Food supply Health hazards Information disclosure Product recalls Product safety Voluntary compliance Other Written Product A12884 Two large food recalls completed in 2003 were associated with 8 deaths and nearly 100 serious illnesses in at least 16 states. Manufacturers voluntarily recall potentially unsafe food by notifying their customers to return or destroy it. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), for meat, poultry, and egg products, and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), for other food, have programs to monitor voluntary food recalls, verify that companies contact their customers, and maintain recall data. GAO (1) examined the recall programs and procedures USDA and FDA use to protect consumers from unsafe foods and (2) compared their food recall authority with the authority of agencies to recall other consumer products. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-51/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-51.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-51/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-51.pdf GAO-05-51 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-51 Other Written Product GAO-05-51; Food Safety: USDA and FDA Need to Better Ensure Prompt and Complete Recalls of Potentially Unsafe Food; Consumer protection Contaminated foods Customer service Food industry Food inspection Food supply Health hazards Information disclosure Product recalls Product safety Voluntary compliance Volume 107 Page 285 107 Stat. 285 Volume 116 Page 594 116 Stat. 594