Independent Food Safety Agency Bill Drafted
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Progressive Grocer] January 30, 2015
Rep. Rose DeLauro (D-Conn.) and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) have drafted the Safe Food Act of 2015, which, if passed, would create an independent food safety agency, according to published reports. Food safety authority is currently divided among 15 agencies. Despite passage of the Food Safety Modernization Act in 2010, which gives the FDA more authority to deal with emerging food-safety risks, the lawmakers said more needs to be done.
"Without major structural reforms and funding increases, our fragmented, uncoordinated food safety system ...
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