Food and Drug Administration Better Coordination Could Enhance Efforts To Address Economic Adulteration and Protect the Public Health

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food adulteration and inspection.

Medical supplies.

Product safety.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2011

Summary:

Report examining approaches FDA uses to detect and prevent economic adulteration of food and medical products, which refers to deliberate substitution of harmful ingredients in food and drugs to increase apparent value of these products or reduce their production costs, and reviewing challenges FDA faces in detecting and preventing economic adulteration

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Microfiche version United States. Government Accountability Office. Food and Drug Administration:. 2011 J942-538

Publisher Number:

CMP-2011-GAO-0533

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