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by Marion Nestle
Apr
17
2009
One food safety system: a vision
The New York Times, in an editorial “Food safety, one pistachio at a time,” says “it is time to think seriously about establishing one federal agency to coordinate and enforce food-safety regulations.” And Michael Taylor and Stephanie David of the George Washington University Department of Health Policy provide a major position paper arguing that food safety must be a joint effort among federal, state, and local health agencies to address risks across “the farm-to-table spectrum of food production, processing, distribution, retailing, and home preparation.” Let’s hope Congress is listening as it ponders the various bills introduced to fix the FDA or fix the entire food safety system.