FDA foreign offices and imported food safety : an examination / George Jenkins, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jenkins, George, editor.

Series:

Food and beverage consumption and health series.

Food and Beverage Consumption and Health

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Food and Drug Administration--Rules and practice.

United States.

Food adulteration and inspection--United States.

Food adulteration and inspection.

Food contamination--United States.

Food contamination.

Imports--Inspection--United States.

Imports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (92 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Novinka, 2015.

Summary:

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has a responsibility for ensuring the safety and proper labeling of more than 80 percent of the U.S. food supply, including an increased volume of imported food. The FDA's foreign offices have engaged in a variety of activities since 2010 to help ensure that imported food is safe. This book examines these activities as well as the extent of the foreign offices' contributions to the safety of imported food; and the extent to which FDA has engaged in workforce planning for its foreign offices.

Contents:

FDA FOREIGN OFFICES AND IMPORTED FOOD SAFETY: AN EXAMINATION; FDA FOREIGN OFFICES AND IMPORTED FOOD SAFETY: AN EXAMINATION; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: FOOD SAFETY:ADDITIONAL ACTIONS NEEDED TO HELP FDA'S FOREIGN OFFICES ENSURE SAFETY OF IMPORTED FOOD; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS; WHAT GAO FOUND; ABBREVIATIONS; BACKGROUND; FDA FOREIGN OFFICES HAVE ENGAGED IN A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES SINCE 2010 TO HELP ENSURE THE SAFETY OF IMPORTED FOOD

FDA FOREIGN OFFICES CITED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SAFETY OF IMPORTED FOOD, BUT THE EXTENT OF THESE CONTRIBUTIONS HAS NOT BEEN FULLY MEASUREDFDA HAS NOT COMPLETED A STRATEGIC WORKFORCE PLAN FOR ITS FOREIGN OFFICES; CONCLUSION; RECOMMENDATION FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION; AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION; APPENDIX I: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY; APPENDIX II: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT STAFFING OF FOREIGN OFFICES; Chapter 2: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION: OVERSEAS OFFICES HAVE TAKEN STEPS TO HELP ENSURE IMPORT SAFETY, BUT MORE LONG-TERM PLANNING IS NEEDED; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY

WHAT GAO RECOMMENDSWHAT GAO FOUND; ABBREVIATIONS; BACKGROUND; FDA'S OVERSEAS OFFICES HAVE TAKEN STEPS TO ASSIST REGULATORY OVERSIGHT, BUT CHALLENGES COULD LIMIT THEIR EFFECTIVENESS; FDA IS IN THE EARLY STAGES OF LONG-TERM STRATEGIC PLANNING AND HAS NOT DEVELOPED A LONG-TERM WORKFORCE PLAN FOR THE OVERSEAS OFFICES; CONCLUSION; RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION; AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION; APPENDIX I: U.S. AGENCIES AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS INTERVIEWED DURING SITE VISITS; APPENDIX II: OVERVIEW OF FDA'S OVERSEAS OFFICES; INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63483-235-3