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Article: Better safe than sorry.(includes related articles on food safety)(comprehensive standards for food safety sought)
- Article from:
- Grocery Headquarters
- Article date:
- September 1, 1999
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From issues of sanitation to concerns about widespread outbreaks of foodborne illness, the subject of food safety is a topic of national debate. To succeed in the future, retailers must establish food safety guidelines and maintain a leadership position in safe food handling practices.
In the past year, food safety has been thrust into the national spotlight, brought to consumers' attention from televised reports of foodborne illness outbreaks to President Clinton's Food Safety Initiative. While the United States boasts the safest food supply in the world, retailers, who are on the front lines in the food safety war, are feeling the impact of consumers' ...