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GGD-95-49R 1 (1994-12-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacksd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAo United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 General Government Division B-259525 December 14, 1994 The Honorable E (Kika) de la Garza Chairman, Committee on Agriculture House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: This letter responds to your request for information concerning Chilean government restrictions on the sale of fresh lettuce. These restrictions affect the operations of the McDonald's Corporation's fast food restaurants in that country. RESULTS IN BRIEF Since 1991, Chile has imposed a ban on the sale of certain fresh fruits and vegetables, including lettuce, in commercial establishments in the Santiago metropolitan region as a precautionary measure against possible outbreaks of cholera. Chilean officials maintain that the microorganism responsible for cholera may be present in these products. The ban applies to all commercial establishments that sell food directly to the public; there is no distinction between domestic-owned and foreign-owned enterprises. According to a spokesman for McDonald's Corporation, in early September 1994, Chilean Ministry of Health officials indicated they were prepared to accede to McDonald's request to be allowed to serve fresh lettuce in its restaurants that would be guaranteed free of the cholera-causing microorganism. The ministry's action, however, was conditioned on approval by the Ministry of Agriculture and final authorization by the Chilean Congress. As of early November 1994, those actions had not been completed. BACKGROUND In April 1991, in response to the threat of an outbreak of cholera in the Santiago metropolitan region, the Environmental Health Service of the Chilean Ministry of Health banned the sale of certain fresh fruits and vegetables and raw seafood in commercial establishments that serve food GAO/GGD-95-49R Chilean Restrictions on Lettuce

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