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"Congress passed a law to help federal agencies investigate outbreaks of
foodborne illness – a regulation experts said could have stopped the US’s
largest cyclosporiasis outbreak much sooner.
The only problem? The rule has been delayed – for 15 years, including most
recently amid lobbying in 2025.
It was set to go into effect in January 2026, months before the single-celled
parasite sickened more than 24,000 people and killed two in the midwest.
Now, it won’t go into effect until 2028.
“Congress recognized this issue in 2010 and asked [the Food and Drug
Administration, or FDA] to develop solutions,” said Sara Sorscher, an attorney
who specializes in food safety at the Center for Science in the Public
Interest, a consumer advocacy group. “We are now 16 years in, and we still
don’t have enforcement of this rule that’s meant to deal with exactly this type
of situation.”
Often called the “traceability rule”, the regulation comes from the
Food
Safety and Modernization Act (FSMA) of 2011, passed during the Obama
administration. The regulation requires enhanced record-keeping for high-risk
foods – namely, those which have a history of making people sick, such as soft
cheese, leafy greens, eggs and peanut butter – “for persons who manufacture,
process, pack, or hold foods”."
Via Susan ****
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
