Produce industry faults FDA response to salmonella outbreak for losses - (McClatchy Newspapers, Star-Telegram)
August 1, 2008 – 11:00 pmWASHINGTON — Turf struggles, bad communication and weak leadership undermined the federal response to a recent salmonella outbreak that cost the tomato industry a bundle, witnesses told a House subcommittee Thursday.
Lawmakers joined farmers in a wholesale attack on the Food and Drug Administrations performance, potentially laying the political foundation for a regulatory overhaul and multimillion-dollar compensation package.
“We have been the primary injured party,” Reginald Brown, the executive vice president of the Florida Tomato Growers Exchange, told the House panel. “And we look forward to Congress addressing that in the future.”
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