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WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders have agreed to advance part of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s plan to put food-recall information in customers’ mailboxes and on grocery-store shelves.
“In America in 2010, it is unconscionable that we don’t have an effective way to communicate food-borne-illness outbreaks to consumers and health departments,” said Gillibrand, D-N.Y., who announced the plan Monday.
Her bill would require food distributors to notify recipients of recalled items within 24 hours. Stores, in turn, would be required to post notices near products that have been recalled. And grocers that track purchases through loyalty cards would be required to use that information to notify customers who bought recalled products. Hearst Newspapers
