Boosting food-safety oversight

摘要

With the advent of a new food-safety law in January, the Food and Drug Administration has been moving toward more of a US Dept. of Agriculture-like approach to food safety. To a great degree, it is shedding its traditional approach to food inspection and food safety, following more of the USDA model to prevent adulteration and contamination in food. Six months ago, President Obama signed into law the Food Safety Modernization Act, a mammoth overhaul of the food-safety system in the US, and an effort by the federal government to give more food-regulation authority to the FDA.