Food Recalls Not Necessarily Resulting in Product Removal
July 28th, 2010 meg
Food recalls routinely fail to recover all of the product they seek and, according to experts, sometimes even leave tainted foods in stores.
Doing so puts consumers at risk of becoming ill from potentially deadly food-borne pathogens.
Because recalls are described as voluntary, some experts say the owners of supermarkets, especially smaller stores, can mistakenly believe it is acceptable to leave recalled products on the shelves.
While the federal government publishes notices about recalls, it depends on the news media, manufacturers and retailers to spread the news; as a result, many consumers are unaware a product has been recalled.
