WASHINGTON: How to ensure food safety - (The Washington Post)
March 10, 2008 – 6:00 pmhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/09/AR2008030901444.html
U.S. Representative Dianna DeGette (D-Colo.), vice chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Washington, writes that the Feb. 28 editorial “Bad Beef” highlighted the disturbing reality that the U.S. food safety system has failed.
As public confidence continues to deteriorate, Americans are shocked to learn the federal government lacks the authority to recall tainted food. Our hope is that food companies will act quickly to protect public health, but the events over the past year illustrate the cracks in the system.
We need legislation that grants the Agriculture Department and the Food and Drug Administration the authority to recall tainted food products and that implements a product-tracing system; I have championed bills toward both ends for years.
But we must focus on the root of the problem by ensuring that contaminated food is identified before it ever reaches store shelves. We can achieve this by creating a single food agency — streamlining […]
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