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63 Ala. L. Rev. 919 (2011-2012)
Food Safety in the United States: Is the Food Safety Modernization Act Enough to Lead Us out of the Jungle

handle is hein.journals/bamalr63 and id is 929 raw text is: FOOD SAFETY IN THE UNITED STATES: IS THE FOOD SAFETY MODERNIZATION ACT ENOUGH TO LEAD US OUT OF THE JUNGLE? I. INTRODUCTION ..................................... ......919 II. BACKGROUND: THE WINDING PATH TO U.S. FOOD SAFETY LAWS ......................................................922 A. Early Calls to Action ....................... .....922 B. The Current Regulatory Structure ............ ........923 C. Current Enforcement Tools and Their Limits...... .....924 1. Inspections .................................924 2. Tort Liability .......................... .....927 3. Criminal Sanctions ...................... .....927 4. Seizures ......................................928 5. Voluntary Recalls...............................929 6. Production-Based Enforcement Tools.................930 III. THE FOOD SAFETY MODERNIZATION ACT ............ .......930 A. Title I: Preventing Food Safety Problems ......... .........931 B. Title II: Detecting and Responding to Food Safety Problems. ............................. ........932 IV. THE FDA FOOD SAFETY MODERNIZATION ACT: AN INCOMPLETE SOLUTION? ..........................932 A. Response Mechanisms ...................... .....933 B. Prevention Mechanisms. ..........................933 C. Lessons from Abroad: Increased Food Safety Through a Dynamic Approach ........................ .....935 1. More Comprehensive Coverage ............. .....935 2. Stricter Informational Requirements ...............936 3. Separation ofRisk Assessment from Risk Management ....939 V. CONCLUSION ....................................... .......940 I. INTRODUCTION The earliest call to action to improve food safety in the United States occurred in 1906 when Upton Sinclair's The Jungle described to the nation in vivid detail what was in their sausage.' First, there was the rotting ham 1. Adam Cohen, 100 Years Later, the Food Industry Is Still 'The Jungle', N.Y. TIMES (Jan. 2, 2007), http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/02/opinion/02tue4.html.

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