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Food Safety: Experiences of Four Countries in Consolidating Their Food Safety Systems

RCED-99-80 Published: Apr 20, 1999. Publicly Released: May 21, 1999.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the experiences of foreign countries that are consolidating their food safety responsibilities, focusing on the: (1) reasons for and approaches taken to consolidation, the costs and savings, if any, associated with consolidation, and efforts to assess the effectiveness of the revised food safety systems; and (2) lessons that the United States might learn from these countries' experiences in consolidating their food safety functions.

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CentralizationConsumer protectionContaminated foodsFood industryFood safetyForeign governmentsHealth hazardsManagement reengineeringPerformance measuresSafety regulationSafety standards