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089017 1 (1978-04-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacvag0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUN fING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D C 20548 HUMAN REbOURCES DIVISION April 11, 1978 The Honorable Donald Kennedy Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Dear Dr Kennedy Our recent survey to evaluate the sanitary conditions in selected food industries was a followup to our previous reports on (1) sanitary conditions in the food manufacturing industry (B-164031(2), April 18, 1972), (2) protecting the consumer from potentially harmful shellfish (B-164031(2), March 29, 1973) and (3) sanitary conditions in restaurants (B-164031(2), December 8, 1975, MWD-76-42) Our work was done at the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) Boston and headquarters offices For a number of establishments, we compared recent FDA inspection results with those that were used as the basis for the conclusions and recommendations contained in our earlier reports We also obtained information from Massachusetts State officials responsible for sanitary conditions in the shellfish and restaurant industries Cn the basis of our survey, we believe that- --FDA's cuLrent strategy for inspecting food manufacturing plants has resulted in improved surveillance of food manufacturing firms --Sanitary conditions in the shellfish manufacturing industry have not improved appreciably since our previous report --Although FDA officials believe sanitary conditions of restaurants may be improving, FDA has little evidence to support this contention IMPROVED SURVEILLANCE OF FOOD MANUFACTURING INDDSTRY Since our previous review, FDA has increased its staff and has redirected or initiated compliance programs o017

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