Food safety law: Six ways it will make food safer

4. Mandatory inspections

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Jose Cortez, field inspector for Primus Labs, gathers samples of iceberg lettuce leafs for safety testing from a field in Salinas, Calif., on Oct. 4, 2010. Under a marketing agreement, California and Arizona produce companies have agreed to rigorous inspections to maintain the quality of their goods. Now, federal inspectors will be required to visit high-risk food facilities at least once every three years.

In keeping with the legislation's risk-based focus, the Secretary of HHS is required to determine which food facilities are high risk and then have those facilities inspected at least once every three years. Food-safety advocates had pushed for much more frequent inspections, but without success.

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