food safety modernization act

What has the Food Safety Modernization Act done for us?

By E - The Environmental Magazine

March 5, 2011 1 Comment

Some 48 million Americans are afflicted with a form of food borne illness each year. The Food Safety Modernization Act, signed into law in January 2011, now gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration wider latitude in protecting our food supply, including the ability to order recalls of tainted foods (previously, the agency could only negotiate with businesses to order voluntary recalls). (FDA)

$1.4 billion bill aims to stop outbreaks

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