Food safety lacking in first quarter of 2011

There have been more than 100 food recalls during the first quarter of 2011, writes Dan Flynn at Food Safety News.

Remember that the FDA now has the power to force a recall of suspect products.

Four days into the new year, President Obama signed the FDA Food Safety and Modernization Act, which now gives the agency the authority to force food companies to recall suspect products.  However, it appears that only voluntary recalls have occurred since the FSMA became law.