CALIFORNIA: A right to safe food - (Los Angeles Times)
March 9, 2008 – 5:08 pmBob Brackett, senior vice president for scientific and regulatory affairs with the Grocery Manufacturers Assn., Washington, writes regarding, “Making food safe,” editorial, March 4, to say America enjoys the safest food supply in the world, but the recent beef recall and other incidents have raised consumer concerns about our nation’s food safety net.
Last year, the Grocery Manufacturers Assn. released its “Four Pillars of Imported Food Safety” proposal, which calls on federal agencies to focus on prevention as the essential weapon against food-borne illnesses. As part of this approach, we believe the Food and Drug Administration must be given the resources to fulfill its critical food safety mission, including a doubling of its current budget. There’s never been a better time to make this happen.
We cannot merely inspect food at the borders. And although we welcome a discussion of a single federal agency for food safety, we remain unconvinced that a […]
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