The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today made available the 4th Annual Reportable Food Registry (RFR) Report. The report summarizes the Registry’s fourth year of operation (Sept. 8, 2012 – Sept. 7, 2013) and finds that it logged in 1269 reports, including 202 primary reports — initial reports about a safety concern with a food or animal feed (including food ingredients); 849 subsequent reports from suppliers or recipients of a food or feed for which a primary report had been submitted; and 218 amended reports to correct or add information to previously submitted reports. Reports were received from both domestic and foreign sources.
The report underscores RFR's importance as a valuable tool in tracking patterns of food adulteration and helping to remove dangerous products from the marketplace, FDA officials said. The following events resulted in the submission of the greatest number of reports during Year 4: