While unloading, note if non-food items are also in the shipment

Write in your report any non-food products (liquid or dry) that you find in the shipment with the food items.

REASONS:

1. Such products may be poisonous and can be a source of food product contamination. For example: there is no way you can be sure containers of non-food products will NOT LEAK OR BREAK (Photo a) during shipment or storage and contaminate the food items, making them POISONOUS OR OTHERWISE UNFIT TO EAT -- which can happen without your knowing it since NO CHANGE IN THE LOOKS OF THE FOOD PRODUCTS MAY TAKE PLACE.

2. YOU DON'T HAVE TO FIND THE POISONOUS STUFF IN THE MATERIAL TO REJECT THE SHIPMENT. The Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, which protect consumers, says in simple words that a food product is illegal if it is prepared, packed or held (or shipped) under conditions which may have caused it to become contaminated with filth or which may have caused it to become dangerous to the health of consumers (such as by exposing it to poisonous substances).

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