Question

To address the widespread and growing concern of contaminated food causing serious injury and death to individuals throughout the U.S., Congress passed a law stating that anyone intentionally distributing contaminated food is subject to criminal prosecution, civil fines, or both. Congress included a provision that any company with a corporate food-safety compliance policy approved by the FDA would avoid criminal prosecution, but not civil fines. To be approved, the company policy must require the company to report to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration any test results that indicate salmonella is present and consult with that agency before shipping any possibly contaminated food.

Answer 1

By implementing the food safety compliance policy, the food company would only make sure that the food they have given is safely consumable, but by putting consumer safety first, the companies would go beyond the attempts to avoid fine and take special measures to ensure true safety of the consumers.

Explanation:

• Though the Food and Drug Administration of the United States bears the responsibility of food safety and is accountable towards both, the public and the government, it would not be possible without the cooperation of the food companies to ensure utter food safety for the public.
• With stringent supervision and the companies sticking to the norms and regulations put by the supervising agencies, it would be possible to eradicate the problems caused by food contamination.