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FDA: Food-Handling Procedures Must Be Strengthened

By Restaurant Business Staff on Sep. 17, 2004
ROCKVILLE, MD - After analyzing food-handling procedures in more than 900 foodservice establishments representing nine distinct facility types, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration here said this week that efforts to control factors contributing to foodborne illness outbreaks must be strengthened.

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"Foodservice and retail food operators must ensure that their management systems are designed to achieve active managerial control over the risk factors."