4.4: Food Supply Safety
The FDA must uphold its responsibility for ensuring the safety of approximately 80 percent of the nation's food supply. Other Information:
The possibility of food products being used as a vehicle for attack is particularly worrisome because such an event potentially
affects everyone in the United States. The FDA must have the capability to assess and then reduce risks associated with unexpected
and potentially widespread health and safety threats. Highlights for Objective 4 Assess the vulnerability of the U.S. food
supply to an attack by terrorists. Establish methods to protect food that has been identified as at-risk Implement the foods
provisions of the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002. Increase research to develop
rapid and confirmatory laboratory methods to analyze suspect foods for select agents or toxins. Strengthen and expand eLEXNET
(electronic Laboratory Exchange Network) to facilitate electronic transfer of laboratory data.
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