House Food Safety Price Tag Exceeds Budget Request – Hamburg
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA Commissioner Peggy Hamburg says House draft legislation gives the agency authorities it needs for food safety reform, but does not include sufficient funding for the costs of increased enforcement
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