WASHINGTON, DC: FDA food-safety plan lacks clear direction: GAO - (Market Watch)
June 12, 2008 – 8:30 pmWASHINGTON — Federal investigators are voicing concern to Congress Thursday that the Food and Drug Administration’s plan to keep the nation’s food supply safe lacks clear direction.
Following a string of tainted-food scares, FDA, which is responsible for overseeing about 80% of the food supply, released a food-protection plan in November — but the agency has since added few details about implementation, according to the Government Accountability Office.
The FDA provided GAO a draft work plan this month, but vagueness remains, according to testimony from GAO’s Lisa Shames, natural resources and environment director.
“While this draft work plan provides more information on the action steps and deliverables to achieve the core elements, we continue to have concerns about FDA’s lack of specificity on the necessary resources and strategies to fully implement the plan,” according to Shames’s testimony.
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