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Date Aug. 30, 1984 Report No. HRD-84-65 Title

Business, Industry, and Consumers: Evaluation of Selected Aspects of FDA's Food Manufacturing Sanitation Inspection Efforts

Warn STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTINGOFFKE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 The Honorable John D. Dingell, Chairman Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Evaluation of Selected Aspects of FDA's Food Manufacturing Sanitation Inspection Efforts (GAO/HRD-84-65) This letter is in response to the Subcommittee's request that we ...
Date June 22, 1984 Report No. NSIAD-84-126 Title

Government Operations: The Role of the U.S. Tea Examiner Office in Procurement of Tea by the Department of Defense

UNITED STATES GENERAL AE~UNTING WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 OFFICE NATIONAL INTLINATIONAL 8LCUllIW ACCAIAI AN0 DWI8ION a-197854 JUNE 22, 1984 The Honorable Lowell Weicker, Jr. Chairman, Committee on Small Business United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: 124494 The Role of the U.S. Tea Examiner Office in Procurement of Tea by the Department of Defense (GAO/NSIAD-84-126) your and subsequent disc...
Date April 1, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-130 Title

Agriculture and Food: Food Bibliography

i References to Reports and Other Documents Issued by the U.S. General Accounting Office GAO/WED-84-1 30 . FOOD BIBLlOGRAPHY References to Reports and Other Documents Issued by the U.S. General Accounting Office JANUARY 1981 - DECEMBER 1983 U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D C. 20548 APRIL 1984 . GAO/RCED-84-130 CHARLES A. BOWSHER COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Document process...
Date April 1, 1983 Report No. RCED-83-110 Title

Agriculture and Food: Food Bibliography

d - llll11111lllllllll 121341 FOOD BIBLIOGRAPHY JANUARY 1981 DECEMBER $982 & - References to Reports and Other Documents Issued by the U.S. General Accounting Office RED-83-1IO m i - FOOD BIBLIQGRAPHY References to Reports and Other Documents Issued by the U.S. General Accounting Office JANUARY 1981 DECEMBER 1982 - U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 APRIL 1983 RCED-83-110 U.S. G...
Date June 1, 1982 Report No. CED-82-76 Title

Agriculture and Food: Food Bibliography

8 , t I 11l1l11111 I lI 1l1l111111 I11l1 1111l 119106 FOOD BIBLIOGRAPHY JANUARY - DECEMBER 1981 References to Reports and Other Documents Issued by the U.S. General Accounting Office CE D-82-76 (322yj-3 FOOD BIBLIOGRAPHY References to Reports and Other Documents Issued by the U.S. General Accounting Office JANUARY-DECEMBER 1981 U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 JUNE 1982 CED-82...
Date May 21, 1982 Report No. CED-82-69 Title

Agriculture and Food: Agricultural Marketing Act Inspections Should Be Administered by Single USDA Agency

BYTHEUS GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Secretary Of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Act Inspections Should Be Administered By Single USDA Agency Responsibility within the Department of Agriculture for food inspection and grading services is divided between the Agricultural Marketing Service and the Federal Grain Inspection Service. Each performs similar functions but for different commo...
Date May 18, 1982 Report No. CED-82-79 Title

Agriculture and Food: Savings Are Possible Through Better Management of Government-Owned Dairy Products

* HZ4,LiOf Agriculture BY THEU.S. GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Secretary Savings Are Possible Through Better Management Of Government-Owned Dairy Products Government-owned stocks of butter, cheese, and nonfat dry milk increased from just over 0.7 billion pounds in 1979 to over 2 billion pounds in 1981, The Department Of Agriculture SUCC8SSfUlly located SUfficient storage space for the tr...
Date Jan. 8, 1982 Report No. CED-82-12 Title

Agriculture and Food: Informing the Public About Food--A Strategy Is Needed for Improving Communication

REPORT THEUS BY General Accounting Office Informing ThePublicAbout Food-A Strategy IsNeeded For Improving Communication Consumers have difficulty deciding what foods to buy because of the vast selection of food items, rising food prices, and a growing desire to select health-promoting foods. The Federal Government has developed an extensive array of regulations and programs that provide informatio...
Date April 16, 1981 Report No. CED-81-49 Title

Agriculture and Food: Department of Agriculture Should Have More Authority To Assess User Charges

BY THECCjMfTROLLERGENERAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES 7 --~ju!!!&J3 * RkqcxxtTo The Congress Department Of Agriculture Should Have More Authority To Assess User Charges Federal appropriations could be reduced as much as $48 million annually if the recipients of Department of Agriculture special benefit services were charged for all costs, except those which can be readily identified with public benefits. M...
Date April 1, 1981 Report No. CED-81-73 Title

Agriculture and Food: Food Bibliography

References to Reports and Other Documents Issued by the U S . General Accounting Office @ED-81 -73 O I b 779 FOOD BIBLIOGRAPHY References to Reports and Other Documents Issued by the U.S. General Accounting Office JANUARY 1977-DECEMBER 1980 U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 April 1981 CED-81-73 US. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE MILTON J. SOCOLAR, ACTING COMPTROLLER GENERAL CLERIO P...
Date Dec. 31, 1980 Report No. CED-81-19 Title

Agriculture and Food: Further Federal Action Needed To Detect and Control Environmental Contamination of Food

BY THE COMPiROLLER GENERAL Report To The Chairman Committee On Appropriations United States Senate OF THE UNITED STATES Further Federal Action Needed To Detect And Control Environmental Contamination Of Food The Food Safety and Quality Service and the Food and Drug Administration took much longer than necessary to identify the presence and source of chemical contamination in a case involving polyc...
Date June 22, 1979 Report No. CED-79-43 Title

Environmental Protection: Better Regulation of Pesticide Exports and Pesticide Residues in Imported Food Is Essential

Report ToThe Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES /# I3r- Better Regulation Of Pesticide Exports And Pesticide Residues In Imported Food Is Essential Pesticides suspended, canceled, or never registered for use in the United States because of hazards associated with their use are exported routinely. Serious injuries have occurred from the use of these pesticides in other countries. The Environmental Protec...
Date Feb. 14, 1979 Report No. HRD-79-32 Title

Business, Industry, and Consumers: Food Salvage Industry Should Be Prevented From Selling Unfit and Misbranded Food to the Public

OF THEUNITEDSTATES Food Salvage Industry Should Be Prevented From SeHing Unfit And Misbranded Food To The Public Potentially adulterated food in dirty, rusted, swollen, and severely dented cans or torn packages is being sold to the public and to health care facilities. Product labels are often missing or incomplete. These conditions in the food salvage industry are the same as those GAO reported i...
Date Jan. 29, 1979 Report No. CED-79-36 Title

Agriculture and Food: Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition Issues for Planning

STUDY THE BY STAFF THEUS OF I. qtw+@4 il * General Accounting Office Food, Agriculture, And Nutrition Issues For Planning During this decade ths importance of our food system haa been amply demonstrated. We have experisnced both an oversupply of agricultural commoditie$ and a depletion of worldwide food reserves. The consumer has been rediscovered and concern with the American peoples’ health an...
Date Sept. 29, 1978 Report No. PSAD-78-146 Title

The Department of the Army's Food Irradiation Program: Is It Worth Continuing?

DOCUMENT RESUKE 07349 - [C2827914] The Department of the Arty's Food Irradiation Program: Is It Worth Continuing? PSAD-78-146; B-146700. September 29, 1978. 42 pp. . 4 appendices (7 pp.). Report to Rep. Thomas J. Downey; by Robert F. Keller, Acting Comptroller General. Issue Area: Food (1700); Consumer and Worker Protection: Safety of Food Additives (905);Science and Technology: Management and Ove...
Date April 11, 1978 Report No. 089017 Title

Agriculture and Food: Follow Up of Sanitary Conditions in Selected Food Industries

HUMAN REbOURCES DWISION April 11, 1978 The Honorable Donald Kennedy Commissioner, Food and Drug Adminlstratlon Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Dear Dr Kennedy Our recent survey to evaluate the sanitary condltlons In selected food lndustrles was a followup to our previous reports on (1) sanitary condltlons in the food manufacturing industry (B-164031(2), Aprrl 18, 1972), (2) protecting...
Date April 11, 1978 Report No. 107042 Title

Agriculture and Food: Sanitary Conditions in Selected Food Industries

DOCUHEIT aBSOME 0704. - tB2687744] (Restricted) [Sanitary Conditions in Selecte4 Food industries]. April 11, 1978. 7 pp. Report to Donald Kennedy, Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration; by Albert B. Jojokian, Assistant Director, Resources Div. Contact: Human Resources Div. Authority: Coastal Zone Management Act of 1976. A Zollovup survey performed at the Food and Drug Administration's (F.A's)...
Date Dec. 9, 1977 Report No. CED-78-11 Title

Business, Industry, and Consumers: A Better Way for the Department of Agriculture To Inspect Meat and Poultry Processing Plants

DOCUMENT RESUME 04242 B3474714] A Better Way for the Department of Agriculture to Inspect eat and Poultry Processing Plants. CED-78-11; B-163450. December 9, 1977. 40 pp. + 10 appendices (57 pp.). Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Consumer and Worker Protection: Standards, Laws, and Regulations Enforcement (903); Food (1700). Contact: Community and Econom...
Date Nov. 3, 1977 Report No. 090248 Title

Environmental Protection: Need for Increased Monitoring of Chemical Contaminants in Fish Products

.* UNITED STATESGENERALACCOUNTINGOFFICE - -?= WJSHINGTON, D C 20548 +6-y” y”I”“c -- 3 877 The Honorable Donald Kennedy Commlssloner, Food and Drug "; Administration Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Dear Dr. Kennedy: We recently completed a survey of Federal responslbllltles for insuring safe and pure fish (excluding shellfish) products. The work Included assessing (1) whether a...
Date April 22, 1977 Report No. CED-77-61 Title

Agriculture and Food: Food and Agriculture Issues for Planning

DOCUMENT RESUME 01884 [A1152135] Food and Agriculture Issues for Planning. CED-77-61. April 22, 1977. 40 pp. + appendices (11 pp.). Staff study by Henry Eschwege, Director, Community and Economic Development Div. Issue Area: Food (1700). Contact: Community and Economic Development Div. Budget Function: Agriculture (350); Income Security: Public Assistance and Other Income Supplements (6C4). Organi...
Date July 16, 1976 Report No. CED-76-132 Title

Agriculture and Food: Supplemental Information on Assessment of the National Grain Inspection System

REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL z OF THE UNITED STATES Supplemental Information On Assessment Of The National Grain Inspection System Department of Agriculture ’ On Feburary 12, 1976, GAO issued a repot-t entitled, “Assessment of the National Grain Inspection System” (RED-76-7 1). This report presents additional information GAO considered in its evaluation of the system. CED-76-132 JULY 16...
Date Jan. 28, 1976 Report No. 089365 Title

Agriculture and Food: Survey of Federal Food Inspection Activities in Michigan

RESOURCZES DEVSLOPMENY AND ECONOMIC Dl’flSLON -’ I The Honorable F. J. Elulhern, D.V.M. Administ.rator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Department of Agriculture Dear Dr. Eulhern: y / -The General Accounting Office hasp completed a survey of Federal ’ - ,. -. food inspection act!.:5tles Tr, !fi~h;igan. @IX sr;rvey prliAlaLLly T 1 L,,Ecentrated on the inspections performed by the D...
Date May 20, 1975 Report No. MWD-75-64 Title

Agriculture and Food: Need for Regulating the Food Salvage Industry To Prevent Sales of Unwholesome and Misbranded Foods to the Public

Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Department of Agriculture COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D.C. TI-IE 20x8 UNITED STATES B-164031(2) To the President of the Senate and the ,\ *.: ,_Speaker of the House of Representatives / This report illustrates the need for regulating the food salvage industry to prevent sales of unwholesome and The Food and Drug Adminismisbranded foods to the pub...
Date March 3, 1975 Report No. MWD-75-40 Title

Agriculture and Food: Excluding Substandard Canned Pineapple From the United States

Illlillll11/1111lllilililllllil LM097097 Excluding Substandard Canned Pineapple From The nited States Food and Drug Administration Department of Health, Education, and Welfare BY THE OLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF THE D.C. UNITED STATES 24X%8 b-179440 4 L The Honorable United States ._ Dear Senator Daniel K. Inouye Senate Inouye : Pursuant to your request of ...
Date Feb. 14, 1975 Report No. RED-75-336 Title

Agriculture and Food: Appraisal of the Special Summer Food Service Program for Children

’ ,’ a-3 ., ..Y c REPORT TO THE CONG An Appraisal’?Of The Special Summer Foob Service Program For Children ’ Food and Nutrition Department Service of Agriculture BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES RED-75-336 COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTGN, OF THE D.C. UNITED STATES 20148 B-178564 of the Senate and the -1. Speaker of the House of Representatives Dear Mr. Speaker: To the Preside...
Date July 30, 1974 Report No. 095804 Title

Health: FDA's Activities Involving Sanitary Conditions at Food Shortage Warehouses

UNII-ED \r MANPOWER AND DIVISION WELFARE STATES GENERA1 WASHINGTON, ACCOUNTING OFFICE D.c.205’iS dUt 3 e 1974 i The Honorable Alexander M. Schmidt, M.D. Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Dear Dr. Schmidt: , /4 2 I We have recently completed a survey of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) sanitation program for food storage warehouses. Du...