FDA needs more money for inspectors (Editorial) - (Newsday)
September 12, 2007 – 8:56 pmAs more of our food is imported and more illnesses from both domestic and foreign meat, fish and produce are reported, the need for improved safety measures is, according to this editorial, clear. The solution, however, is complex.
The editorial says that the quickest way to improve safety is to increase funding for the agencies currently responsible for regulating the food supply.
Only after repeated headlines about lethal spinach and tainted peanut butter, as well as a critical report from Congress’ Government Accountability Office, did the Bush administration propose an $11 million increase for food-safety programs. Most of these funds would go to the Food and Drug Administration, the same mouth the White House has starved for years. This is not enough money to bring back the scientific experts or the food inspectors who were let go. The FDA estimates that the budget for its food-safety work fell by 30 percent from […]
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