For Safer Food Imports, We'll Teach Foreign Lab Workers U.S. Requirements

Innovative UMD-Based Program Launches Sept. 15September 7, 2011 COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Amid ongoing concerns about E. coli, Salmonella and other food-borne illnesses, a new facility will take a unique approach to safer imports bound for the United States: Give foreign technicians who test those foods intensive, hands-on lab training in U.S. government methods, standards and technology, as well as acceptable alternatives. “The more we can get foreign food facilities to harmonize their procedures and their work with U.S. requirements, the greater the likelihood of safe imported