New FDA Rules Aimed at Bioterror Attacks

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WASHINGTON - The government announced new rules Monday aimed at helping trace the source of food contamination, particularly in the event of a bioterror attack on the food supply.



Food manufacturers and others who work in the nation's human and animal food supply will have to keep records showing where they received food and where they shipped it next.


The idea behind the rules, announced by the Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites), is to help investigators figure out where in a long chain of supply a particular item of food may been tainted.


The regulations implement part of a law, passed after the 2001 anthrax attacks, which focused attention on many of the nation's vulnerabilities to bioterror attacks. Just Friday, outgoing Health and Human Services (news - web sites) Secretary Tommy Thompson said he worries "every single night" about a possible terror attack on the food supply.

more:http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=542&ncid=693&e=6&u=/ap/20041206/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/bioterrorism_food

The timing is sure interesting... :eyes:

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1. yet they still plan to remove "country of origin" labelling.