Since then, the U.S. FDA has been working internally on potential directions. Their initial report is expected to go to the OMB in July, 1997. Note that while U.S. FDA continues to make progress, the states are hesitating to move forward with their own regulations. In the meantime, they have not put in place any outreach campaigns to inform consumers of the risks to children, and no regulations have been put in place. In the meantime, to S.T.O.P.'s knowledge, they have not put in place any outreach campaigns to inform consumers of the risks to children.
Children are the chief consumers of apple juice.
It is also frequently available on grocery store shelves. It may also be sold in specialty retail stores, such as coffee shops or bagel stores, at local farmer's markets, and it may be served in restaurants. At many juice bars, carrots and other produce such as wheat grass are ground up into a blended juice without having been subjected to a killstep. Once again, any fruit or vegetables which have not been sterilized and can come into contact with fecal matter in any way can harbor microbial contamination. Washing and scrubbing are insufficient practices to eliminate harmful pathogens.