S.510,the Food Safety and Modernization Act:an update
Senator Tom Coburn has released a well researched document that provides further reasons for opposing the grossly misnamed Food Safety and Modernization Act.
this appears early in the report;
Specifically, GAO found that in 2003, FDA and USDA activities included overlapping and duplicative inspections of 1,451 domestic food-processing facilities that produce foods regulated by both agencies… This overlap was evident in the egg salmonella scare. The Wall Street Journal reported (USDA Graders Saw Bugs and Trash at Egg Producer; Didn’t Tell FDA) that U.S. Department of Agriculture experts knew about sanitary problems at one of the two Iowa farms at the center of a massive nationwide egg recall, but did not notify health authorities.) USDA inspects farms and gives eggs their “Grade A” label, while the FDA technically is tasked with the safety of the final egg product.ecifically, GAO found that in 2003, FDA and USDA activities included overlapping and duplicative inspections of 1,451 domestic food-processing facilities that produce foods regulated by both agencies… This overlap was evident in the egg salmonella scare. The Wall Street Journal reported (USDA Graders Saw Bugs and Trash at Egg Producer; Didn’t Tell FDA) that U.S. Department of Agriculture experts knew about sanitary problems at one of the two Iowa farms at the center of a massive nationwide egg recall, but did not notify health authorities.) USDA inspects farms and gives eggs their “Grade A” label, while the FDA technically is tasked with the safety of the final egg product.
The point here is that it was over-regulation,not lack of regulation that contributed to the salmonella egg scare.A further point from the report explains that S.510 would “require the Environmental Protection Agency to participate in food safety activities and would require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to enhance its participation in food safety activities.I’m not really sure i need the additional alphabet Federal agencies to assist in my selection of alpha-bits cereal.
Inexplicably,Senator Richard Burr is a co-sponser of this tyrannical,statist power grab.I suggest contacting Senator Burr’s office for an explanation.Here is the Coburn document;
http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/rightnow?ContentRecord_id=8df5cb89-91a2-4ae3-b846-7487db0bd4f0
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