January 8, 2013
Complied from U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Enforcement Reports, food recalls in the third quarter reached 414 separate incidents according to the Indianapolis-based Stericycle ExpertRECALLTM Index.
There were 2.5 times the number of food recalls in the third quarter of 2012 than the second quarter, a 57 percent increase over the previous quarter. Occuring at four-per-day during the third quarter, food recalls reached their highest levels in two years and involved nearly 8.5 million units of food and beverages.