FDA Budget Request Signals Importance Of Boosting Food Safety Programs

摘要

F DA’s fscal year 2020 budget request includes additional spending on food product oversight programs sought by the dietary supplement industry, which now looks to Con- gress to boost the agency’s funding in those areas. “You begin to see FDA telegraphing that this is important. That was lacking in the past two budgets. Now you have the presi- dent’s budget request that says, these are areas that need to be funded,” said Mike Greene, the Council for Responsible Nutrition’s congressional contact executive.