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HRD-84-65 1 (1984-08-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabnlp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HUMAN RinOUR~t AUGUST 30, 1984 DIVISION RFST!1?'4TED - 't t' fl'~-~'i bV thle Gf-'ZCe ,-,,-.,- he Honorable John D. Dingell, Chairman Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Evaluation of Selected Aspects of FDA's Food Manufacturing Sanitation Inspection Efforts (GAO/HRD-84-65) This lettier is in response to the Subcommittee's request that we follow up on certain issues regarding the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) food sanitation program which we ad- dressed in our April 19721 and April 19783 reports. In ac- cordance with agreements reached with your office, we developed information on the status of tanitation conditions in the food manufacturing industry and FDA's management of its inspection activities. In addition, we reviewed FDA's enforceability of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) regulations for assuring that foods are manufactured under sanitary conditions. Our review showed that -93 percent of the food manufacturers sampled nationwide had sanitary conditions that would likely prevent products from becoming contaminated; -over half of the manufacturers included in our sample had interstate sales of 10 percent or less and therefore may more appropriately be subject to routine inspections by state and/or local governments; and lDimensions of Insanitary Conditions in the Food Manufacturing Industry (B-164031(2), Apr. 18, 1972). 2Letter to the Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, April 11, 1978. (108853)

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