Accelerated Urgency for Every Food Company to Overhaul Food Safety Plans with New Fda Food Safety Legislation, Finds Pwc ; Point of View Defines Imperatives for Food Companies in Wake of Broader Requirements

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NEW YORK, Jan. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Federal food safety legislation just signed by President Obama will accelerate the urgency for many companies to examine every link in the food chain to ensure that they have adequate preventive controls in place to identify and prevent problems that may result in food-borne illnesses, according to a new report from PwC US and Leavitt Partners, entitled Point of View: FDA Food Safety Modernization Act: The President signs the most sweeping overhaul of food-safety legislation since 1938. To protect their brands, food companies will need to meet higher regulatory standards and likely need to go beyond compliance in order to win the loyalty of consumers and investors and gain competitive advantage.

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Accelerated Urgency for Every Food Company to Overhaul Food Safety Plans with New Fda Food Safety Legislation, Finds Pwc ; Point of View Defines Imperatives for Food Companies in Wake of Broader Requirements

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that there are 48 million cases of food-borne illnesses in the US each year, resulting in 128,000 hospitaliza...

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