Kraig R. Naasz, President & CEO of American Frozen Food Institute testified before the Subcommittee on Health of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, June 3, 2009. Regarding a discussion draft of the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 he stated, “…as written the traceability requirements are simply impracticable and could not be implemented by industry. The food supply chain is extremely complex, and there are no current technologies in existence that would enable manufacturers to fulfill the requirements called for by the draft bill.” I respectfully disagree. This is not rocket science, we can provide the traceability for improved food safety the bill calls for if we want to. I want to and would like to work with Mr Naasz and other industry leaders to make it workable.
For the draft bill see:
http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_111/20090526/fsea_draft.pdf