"This is a really important step toward food safety standards that would prevent contamination whether it is produced in a food factory or being produced on a farm, " said Chris Waldrop, director of the Food Policy Institute at the Consumer Federation of America.

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It is a terrible shock for an enterprise director when his factory is idle because he doesn't have some input, and he finds that some ministry is not at once discussing his problem.

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The director, who is currently working on a stage production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, says his current work needs his "complete focus over the next year and beyond".

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