For imported food, for instance, that means trying to detect tainted products during the production process rather than waiting until they enter the country.
Virtually all major Chinese makers of milk powder were found to have tainted products.
At least eight people have died and hundreds have been sickened after eating tainted products.
It would also give the agency mandatory recall authority; currently the F.D.A. must convince food producers to voluntarily recall tainted products.
Nearly two dozen dairy companies were found to have tainted products, but the level of melamine in Sanlu products was by far the highest.
And it makes good sense to detect and eliminate contamination at a manufacturing or distribution plant abroad rather than trying to intercept tainted products at our borders.
While the players maintained that they were unwitting victims, there is no language in the collective bargaining agreements of either sport that compels league officials to warn players about potentially tainted products.
And fines on companies — for failing to report hazards promptly or knowingly reselling tainted products — would rise from the present maximum of $1.8 million to at least $10 million.
Drinks manufactured by the company in Antwerp, Belgium, and Dunkirk, northern France, have been withdrawn from sale across Belgium, Luxembourg and Holland, after consumers fell ill from apparently tainted products.
Mengniu and other companies have recalled tainted products, even as government officials have promised to correct the problems so that big operators can resume or even expand production to meet demand.
