We still need more labeling and the ability for consumers to identify products when recalls are sent out. Look a the Heparin recall that failed, and that was a drug.
In a recent post I had some suggestions that can be read here, including disallowing “blind” shipments so it’s not a rat race t find the real origin of products made all over the world, as well as having a label identifying the exact place the product was 
manufactured and not the corporate headquarters of companies.
Blind Shipment
A B/L wherein the paying customer has contracted with the carrier that shipper or consignee information is not given.
Tiny traces of melamine, the chemical that has set off a global food safety scare, are not harmful in most foods, except baby formula, government experts said Friday.
The Food and Drug Administration said Friday its safety experts have concluded that eating a minuscule amount of melamine — 2.5 parts per million — would not raise health concerns, even if a person ate food every day that was tainted with the chemical. For example, melamine levels in imported Chinese candies recalled last week in California were as high as 520 parts per million, about 200 times greater than the level set on Friday by the FDA for "tolerable" risk.
ABC News: FDA: Tiny Bit of Melamine OK in Most Foods
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