Perhaps it is time for USDA and FDA to merge, or at least get on the same page
Chris Ingalls’s final part to his story “Mold at WA food plant reveals flaws in food safety net” underscores the need to consider a single food safety agency or at a minimum to get the USDA and FDA working together. So says, “Bill Marler, a Seattle attorney and renowned food safety advocate (blush).”
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Read through and enter the discussion by using the form at the endMinkpuppy - February 15, 2012 4:48 PM
Ah...I see that USDA used the usual tactics on the inspectors for blowing the whistle to FDA. Found an excuse to fire one and probably harassed the other into retirement. I've seen it before. :-(