Nov 18, 2009
Senate Panel OKs Giving FDA More Power to Police Food Safety

Nov. 18, 2009 – A Senate health panel unanimously approved sweeping legislation that would give the Food and Drug Administration more power to police food safety and reorient its efforts toward preventing food contamination instead of reacting to outbreaks of food-borne illnesses.Wall Street Journal

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