The US recorded an average of six product recalls per day for ingestible and topical items in 2018, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). While that was below average for the previous four years, both bodies reported that 20% of the recalls were classed as urgent or intermediate threats. Data also showed that more than 90% of recalls from 2018 were still ongoing at the beginning of May. The changes have been pushed by advancements such as pathogen detection methods, which can more efficiently locate sources of contamination.
The US recorded an average of six product recalls per day for ingestible and topical items in 2018, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). While that was below average for the previous four years, both bodies reported that more than 90% of the recalls were classed as urgent or intermediate threats. Data also showed that 20% of recalls from 2018 were still ongoing at the beginning of May. The changes have been pushed by advancements such as pathogen detection methods, which can more efficiently locate sources of contamination.