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 1994-09-28 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:T-RCED-94-311 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-94-311 P0b002ee180373746 f:trc94311 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-94-311 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-94-311 T-RCED-94-311 Food supply Food inspection Safety regulation Interagency relations Consumer protection Agricultural products Contaminated foods Toxic substances Testing Import regulation USDA National Residue Program FSIS Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point System Testimony RCED GAO identified five basic weaknesses in the overall federal structure and systems for monitoring chemicals in food. First, fragmentation of responsibility among multiple agencies results in inefficiencies and gaps in federal monitoring activities. Second, chemicals posing similar risks may be regulated differently under different laws. Third, federal agencies rely on programs to detect unsafe chemicals in food rather than preventing these problems from developing. Fourth, agencies lack strong enforcement authorities to adequately deter or penalize violators. Fifth, similar problems exist for imported foods, over which the United States has even less control. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-94-311/html/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-94-311.htm GAO/T-RCED-94-311 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-94-311 Testimony GAO/T-RCED-94-311; Food Safety: Fundamental Changes Needed to Improve Monitoring of Unsafe Chemicals in Food; Food supply Food inspection Safety regulation Interagency relations Consumer protection Agricultural products Contaminated foods Toxic substances Testing Import regulation USDA National Residue Program FSIS Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point System