Food & Agriculture

CFA Comments to FDA on the Designation of High Risk Foods for Tracing

Consumer Federation of America is pleased to comment on the Food and Drug Administration notice concerning the Designation of High-Risk Foods for Tracing. The importance of revising the list is clear from past incidents where previously “low-risk” foods became associated with nationwide foodborne illness outbreaks, sickening consumers. Several years ago, most stakeholders would have identified peanut butter as a “low-risk” food. After multiple contamination events that sickened numerous consumers, peanut butter can no longer be considered “low-risk.” Further, ingredients of processed products, such as spices, are increasingly being implicated in foodborne illness outbreaks.