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This gives food safety teams and customers alike the ability to react quickly.
In fact, the Centers for Disease Control believes that this change will help make more effective recalls.
Enhanced ability to trace a contaminated food back to its source will help government agencies and companies to identify the source of a foodborne disease outbreak, coordinate more effective recalls of foods thought to be contaminated, and learn where past problems began. We think these steps will strengthen future prevention efforts and better protect the public’s health from the threat of foodborne illness.
– Robert Tauxe, MD, director of CDC’s Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases.
Building Trust Through Transparency
Walmart’s new requirement is about making food safer throughout the supply chain.
“Customers trust us to help them put quality food on their tables for themselves and their families,” said Charles Redfield, executive vice president of food for Walmart U.S. “We have to go further than offering great food at an everyday low price. Our customers need to know they can trust us to help ensure that food is safe. These new requirements will help us do just that.”
Making information available in the interest of public safety is a step change for the industry. But it matters to everyone.
“When it comes to safety, this is not a competitive issue,” Yiannas said. “We all win or lose together.”