Legislating Food Safety: Modernization act could pass Senate this month, but law is months away

摘要

Last year was a busy one for food safety legislation. The thought early in the year was that increased food safety regulations would move forward under a new administration that supported a revamped food safety system in the United States. But food safety has fallen to the back burner - Congress and the president are more focused right now on debating a health care reform bill, funding military action in Iraq and Afghanistan and repairing the economy. But 2010 may see the passage of a food safety bill, and the produce industry associations have been working hard in Washington, D.C., to ensure legislation is fair and science-based.