United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1999-07-01 monographic deposited born digital 57 p. GA 1.13:RCED-99-184 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-184 P0b002ee180398ff0 f:rc99184 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-184 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-184 RCED-99-184 Food inspection Safety regulation Interagency relations Contaminated foods Health hazards Consumer protection Quality control Safety standards Product safety Poultry industry Salmonella Enteritidis Bacteria APHIS National Poultry Improvement Plan Letter Report RCED On average, each American eats about 245 eggs annually. During the last decade, eggs contaminated with Salmonella Enteritidis bacteria have increasingly been implicated as a cause of foodborne illness in the United States. The bacteria may have sickened about 300,000 people in 1997, killing about 230 of them. More than three-quarters of the Salmonella Enteritidis outbreaks between 1985 and 1998 were linked to eggs, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This report reviews the adequacy of the system for ensuring the safety of eggs. Specifically, GAO examined whether (1) a prevention-based approach to food safety has been applied to egg production and processing, (2) a new federal policy on egg refrigeration will effectively reduce the risks associated with contaminated eggs, (3) federal and state policies on serving eggs to vulnerable populations and dating egg cartons are consistent, and (4) federal egg safety resources are used efficiently and policies are coordinated effectively. GAO summarized this report in testimony before Congress; see: Food Safety: U.S. Needs a Consistent Farm-to-Table Approach to Egg Safety, by Lawrence J. Dyckman, Director, Food and Agriculture Issues, before the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia, Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. GAO/T-RCED-99-232, July 1 (13 pages). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-184/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-184.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-184/pdf/GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-184.pdf GAO/RCED-99-184 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-184 Letter Report GAO/RCED-99-184; Food Safety: U.S. Lacks a Consistent Farm-to-Table; Food inspection Safety regulation Interagency relations Contaminated foods Health hazards Consumer protection Quality control Safety standards Product safety Poultry industry Salmonella Enteritidis Bacteria APHIS National Poultry Improvement Plan