Traceability in the Food Supply Chain and More Melamine...

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has found melamine in Fortuna brand sugar crackers. How much melamine is unknown at this point. The tainted product was found at Dragon Star market in St. Paul. Customers are urged to throw out any of these crackers that they may have purchased.

If only we could throw out all the regulations that prevent the public from knowing the source of their food. The Fortuna crackers are reported to have been imported to the U.S. by an Indonesian company. But that's probably all we'll know about the crackers. According to a federal report released today, the government conducted tests to determine the effectiveness of the existing tracing system and food supply chain for 40 food items, and determined that most records of what went where and when were woefully light on detail.

The link to the FULL REPORT can be found by clicking here.

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http://www.oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-02-06-00210.pdf