The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.
Recent
Politicians have called for funding to be maintained for meat inspections after hearing evidence on the scale of products being seized at the border.
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The new European commissioner for health and animal safety has promised to improve areas related to food safety standards.
Olivér Várhelyi, Commissioner for Health and Animal Safety, said he wants
