- Reuters, Thursday, March 19, 2009 11 AM
Kellogg CEO David Mackay will tell Congress today that the U.S. food safety system must be overhauled with a focus on prevention, Christopher Doering reports. In prepared remarks for a congressional
hearing, Mackay says the country needs an authority within the Department of Health and Human Services devoted solely to food safety.
Mackay also backs annual inspections by the Food and
Drug Administration of facilities producing high-risk products and the requirement that every food company develop a food safety plan.
Kellogg and hundreds of other companies have
recalled 3,491 products from crackers to ice cream that contain peanuts after ingredients supplied by Peanut Corp of America were linked to a salmonella outbreak that began in September. The
government says nearly 700 people have become ill after eating contaminated peanut products. "The recent outbreak illustrated that the U.S. food safety system must be strengthened," Mackay will tell a
House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing.
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