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SAFEFOOD NEWS - Summer 1998 - Vol 2 / No. 4

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Introducing FORC-G

FORC-G is not a new rock group or a bomber, but the acronym for a new government coalition, the Foodborne Outbreak Response Coordinating Group. The purpose of this group is to bring together federal, state, and local agencies to develop a comprehensive, coordinated national foodborne illness outbreak response system. FORC-G is co-chaired by the Department of Agriculture's under Secretary for Food Safety and the Department of Health and Human Services' Assistant Secretary for Health.

Other FORC-G members provide representation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Food and Drug Administration; Food Safety and Inspection Service; Environmental Protection Agency; Association of Food and Drug Officials; National Association of City and County Health Officials; Association of State and Territorial Public Health Laboratory Directors; Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists; and National Association of State Departments of Agriculture.

FORC-G plans include the following measures:

Source: USDA and USDHHS, Fact Sheet, FORC-G, May 1998.

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