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by Marion Nestle
Dec
1
2008
FDA’s food protection plan: one-year report
The FDA has just produced a summary of the first-year accomplishments of the food protection plan it announced a year ago. According to the New York Times, FDA officials say their overhaul of the food safety system is right on track (for a summary, see consumeraffairs.com). Skeptical? Join Congressional representative Rosa De Laura (Dem-CT) who says of the FDA: “It’s got to be so totally redone…It needs resources; it needs better management; it needs less influence from the industry and more influence on the science.” Single food safety agency, anyone?
Here’s what Consumers’ Union has to say about the plan, starting with “the FDA needs a complete overhaul.”