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New Secretary of Agriculture
"Cindy Fuller" > wrote in message
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> In article
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> Nancy2 > wrote:
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>> On Feb 6, 2:01 pm, "modom (palindrome guy)" >
>> wrote:
>> > http://tinyurl.com/bu5mnp
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>> > 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."
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>> > This may become interesting.
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>> > modom
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>> 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....
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>> N.
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> 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 Daschle had he not withdrawn.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.
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> Cindy
>
Nice post!
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