FDA to Strengthen Food Supply Safety

摘要

Acheson tells subcommittee plans are in the works to deal with problems. DESPITE THE CHALLENGES facing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) when it comes to ensuring food safety, "The American food supply continues to be among the safest in theworld," David W.K. Acheson, MD, assistant commissioner for food protection at the FDA, said in a statement. Speaking in October at a hearing before a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on energy and commerce in Washington, D.C., Dr. Acheson saidthe FDA is "working hard to ensure the safety of all human food and animal feed, in collaboration with our federal, state, local, and international food safety partners."