Food Tampering: FDA's Actions on Chilean Fruit Based on Sound Evidence
HRD-90-164
Published: Sep 06, 1990. Publicly Released: Oct 04, 1990.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed several issues relating to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) discovery of cyanide in Chilean grapes, focusing on the evidence FDA used to support its temporary suspension of Chilean fruit imports to the United States.
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