FDA Specialist and State Monitor
An FDA shellfish specialist and a state shellfish monitor check the growing waters in Raritan Bay as part of a cooperative program designed to prevent contaminated shellfish from reaching consumers. August, 2009. A widespread typhoid fever outbreak related to eating shellfish led to the creation of the cooperative program, known as the National Shellfish Sanitation Program (NSSP), in 1925 that continues today. Through the cooperative program, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), state regulatory agencies, and the shellfish industry work together to keep molluscan shellfish (such as oysters, clams, and mussels) safe for consumption by adhering to strict controls on their growing, harvesting, processing, packaging, and transport.
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