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Nancy2 > wrote:

> On Feb 6, 2:01 pm, "modom (palindrome guy)" >
> wrote:
> > http://tinyurl.com/bu5mnp
> >
> > The Washington Post article quotes Vilsack making interesting
> > pronouncements like this:
> > "This is a department that intersects the lives of Americans two to
> > three times a day. Every single American," he said. "So I absolutely
> > see the constituency of this department as broader than those who
> > produce our food -- it extends to those who consume it."
> >
> > This may become interesting.
> > --
> >
> > modom
>
> He's our former state governor - not known for his fluidity of
> expression, but knows ag. Is the FDA part of the USDA? If so, I hope
> he follows through with his vision. Of course, the main problem with
> those inspecting agencies is they don't have a big enough budget for
> the required inspections....
>
> N.

FDA is part of Health & Human Services, which would have been under Tom
Daschle had he not withdrawn. One of the smartest things the Obama
administration can do is streamline the food safety inspection process.
FDA inspects one set of foodstuffs (e.g., frozen cheese pizza), USDA
another (frozen pepperoni pizza), Department of Commerce fish... As the
latest peanut recall shows, there is minimal oversight and no coherent
strategy. Bringing all food safety inspections under a single entity
would be a great boon to public health.

Cindy

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