The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has set up a new registry for food and animal feed companies to report any instance of contamination in their facilities, reports The Wall Street Journal. The incidence of several high profile cases of food-borne illness in the United States, especially in the last two years, have led the FDA to take a fresh look at their approach to preventing illnesses caused by contamination of food products.
The new electronic registry, which can be accessed through the FDA website, is meant to catch new instances of contamination before they enter the food supply, rather than waiting for reports of illness as the signal to inspect and recall contaminated food. While the food industry now has an electronic registry and are required to report problems, consumers and retailers are still encouraged to call the FDA to identify instances of possible food-borne illness.
