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Watchdog: FDA food recall procedures put consumers at risk

Name: Watchdog: FDA food recall procedures put consumers at risk
Uploaded: 2016-06-09T07:11:00-0400
Duration: 3 min 12 s
Description: A government watchdog is warning the FDA its food recall process is not adequate, and sometimes dangerous. An inspector general is issuing the rare alert, saying the FDA's lack of effective recall procedures left some consumers "at risk of illness or death." Only on "CBS This Morning" Anna Werner spoke with the investigator working on the audit.

A government watchdog is warning the FDA its food recall process is not adequate, and sometimes dangerous. An inspector general is issuing the rare alert, saying the FDA's lack of effective recall procedures left some consumers "at risk of illness or death." Only on "CBS This Morning" Anna Werner spoke with the investigator working on the audit.