US: CSPI urges stronger FDA and modernized food safety law - (Center for Science in the Public Interest)
December 6, 2007 – 7:55 pmJust like we wouldn’t send the cavalry to fight a modern war, we should not allow the FDA to use out-of-date tools to manage a global food supply. The latest report from the FDA Science Board says that FDA’s food program is in critical condition. It “cannot sufficiently monitor either the tremendous volume of products manufactured domestically or the exponential growth of imported products,” according to these scientific advisors to FDA.
The proof of the report is in the number of food outbreaks and recalls over the last 16 months. Preventing illnesses and outbreaks takes money. Without it, millions of consumers are at increased risk of becoming ill from something they eat.
Working with the Coalition for a Stronger FDA, CSPI is urging the Bush Administration to give FDA a realistic budget request for 2009 that will address this urgent shortfall, and to support the need for a multi-year effort to […]
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