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Technology Seen as Key To Upgrading Food Safety

Article from: The Washington Post Article date: October 2, 2007 Author: Renae Merle - Washington Post Staff Writer

A consensus is building among government and food industry officials that the fix for the country's import safety system is likely to require better-targeted inspections, though not necessarily more of them.

Yesterday, Mike Leavitt, secretary of health and human services and chairman of a panel established by President Bush to study the safety of imported food, reflected that point of view when he said: "We simply cannot inspect our way to safety."

Leavitt was speaking in a packed auditorium at the Department of Agriculture, where the ...

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