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Intro -- FOOD SAFETY DEVELOPMENTS, POLICIES, PROGRAMS, AND RESEARCH VOLUME 3 -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Making Sense of Recent Cost-of-Foodborne-Illness Estimates* -- Abstract -- What Is the Issue? -- What Did the Study Find? -- How Was the Study Conducted? -- Introduction -- Health-Valuation Methods and Their Use -- Monetary Measures -- Nonmonetary Measures -- Monetized Quality-Adjusted Life Years -- Federal Agency Valuation Practice -- New Disease-Incidence Estimates -- New Cost-of-Foodborne-Illness Estimates -- Explaining the Differences Between New Cost-of-Foodborne-Illness Estimates -- Diseases Considered -- Methods Used to Value Health Impacts -- A Note on Chronic Sequelae -- Interpreting Results in Light of Uncertainty -- Impact on Pathogen Rankings -- Research Needs -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Appendix -- References -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 How Safe Is Our Food?* -- References -- Chapter 3 Food Safety: More Disclosure and data Needed to Clarify Impact of Changes to Poultry and Hog Inspections* -- Why GAO Did This Study -- What GAO Recommends -- What GAO Found -- Abbreviations -- Background -- FSIS Has Not Thoroughly Evaluated the Three Pilot Projects -- FSIS Has Completed a Report Evaluating Some Data from the Chicken Pilot Project, but Its Data Analyses Have Limitations -- FSIS Did Not Prepare a Report Evaluating the Turkey Pilot Project -- FSIS Has Not Completed Its Report Evaluating the Hog Pilot Project -- Views of Key Stakeholder Groups on Strengths and Weaknesses in the Pilot Projects -- FSIS Did Not Disclose Certain Limitations in the Cost-Benefit Analysis It Developed to Support the Proposed Rule -- Conclusion -- Recommendations for Executive Action -- Agency Comments and Our Evaluation -- Appendix I: Objectives, Scope, and Methodology.

Intro -- FOOD SAFETY: DEVELOPMENTS, POLICIES, PROGRAMS, AND RESEARCH, VOLUME 2 -- FOOD SAFETY: DEVELOPMENTS, POLICIES, PROGRAMS, AND RESEARCH, VOLUME 2 -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 FOOD SAFETY ISSUES FOR THE 113TH CONGRESS -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- Food Safety Incidents -- Foodborne Illness -- Existing Food Safety Legal and Regulatory Landscape -- FDA FOOD SAFETY MODERNIZATION ACT (P.L. 111-353) -- Overview of Provisions -- Implementation Schedule -- KEY ISSUES FOR THE 113TH CONGRESS -- FSMA Oversight and Implementation -- Funding FSMA Implementation -- Food Safety Regulations for Produce Growers -- Meat and Poultry Inspection -- Antibiotic Use in Animal Agriculture -- Seafood and Fisheries Products -- The Next Omnibus Farm Bill -- Imported Foods -- Criminal Penalties and Enforcement -- Bisphenol A (BPA) -- Dietary Supplements -- Pesticide Residues -- Agricultural Biotechnology -- Single Food Agency -- APPENDIX. FDA FOOD SAFETY MODERNIZATION ACT (P.L. 111-353), SELECTED SECTION PROVISIONS, TIME/SCHEDULE IN LAW, IMPLEMENTATION STATU -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 FOOD SAFETY: FDA'S FOOD ADVISORY AND RECALL PROCESS NEEDS STRENGTHENING -- ABBREVIATIONS -- WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY -- WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS -- WHAT GAO FOUND -- BACKGROUND -- SEVERAL KEY ENTITIES HAVE RECALL AUTHORITY, BUT FDA HAS NOT ISSUED REGULATIONS OR INDUSTRY GUIDANCE ON ITS ORDERING OF FOOD RECALLS -- Entities with Authority to Order Product Recalls Use Processes with Similar Steps -- FDA Has Not Made Public Procedures for Ordering Food Recalls -- FDA's Data on Ordered Recalls Appear to Be Unreliable -- FDA HAS TAKEN STEPS TO BEGIN MEETING COMMUNICATION CHALLENGES WHEN ADVISING THE PUBLIC ABOUT FOOD RECALLS AND OUTBREAKS -- FDA Faces Challenges in Seven Related Categories and Has Taken Some Steps to Address Them -- Balancing the Goals of Timeliness and Accuracy