Panel to ask heads of ConAgra and other companies about recurring safety lapses.

By Parija B. Kavilanz, CNNMoney.com senior writer

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Lawmakers and food company CEOs come face-to-face Tuesday in a special hearing to address food safety lapses following this month's largest beef recall in U.S. history.

The hearing, titled " Contaminated Food: Private Sector Accountability," is being called by the House Energy and Commerce Committee's subpanel responsible for probing food safety issues.

"We will have before us the presidents and CEOs of some of the companies that have produced contaminated food in the past year," said Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., the House Energy Committee chairman, in a statement.

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