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Flood of food imported to U.S., but only 2 percent inspected.

...The FDA%27s Los Angeles district is one of the busiest in the U. S., overseeing the inspection of more than half a million food shipments arriving through 24 ports of entry in the L.A. area...

The FDA expects 24 million shipments of FDA-regulated goods to pass through the nation%27s ports of entry this year, up from 6 million a decade ago. In 2010, FDA inspectors physically examined 2.06 percent of all food-related imports. The FDA expects only 1.59 percent of all food imports to be examined this year and even less — only 1.47 percent — next year, according to its Office of Regulatory Affairs.

Read the full story at: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44701433/ns/health-food_safety/