Report: Consumer Protection
Food Recall Failure
Will your supermarket warn you about hazardous food?
Released by:
CALPIRG Education Fund
Release date:
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Consumers have a right to know about food recalls to protect their health from dangerous pathogens, chunks of metal, and undeclared allergens. But U.S. PIRG Education Fund's survey of 26 of the largest grocery stores in the United States to determine the efficacy of their policies and practices notifying consumers about food recalls, most failed.
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