FDA's Delay of Food Safety Rules Illegal, Judge Rules

The agency's failure to meet deadlines violated federal law, Reuters reports.


WASHINGTON, D.C. - A federal judge in California ruled that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's delay in implementing food safety regulations violated federal rules, according to a report from Reuters

"U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton of the Northern District of California ordered the FDA to work with two public interest groups to establish a timetable to speed up the agency's rule-making process under the Food Safety Modernization Act," the news service reported.

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