Legislators Advocate for Single Food Agency

In an op-ed piece on The Hill, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Rep. Rosa L. Delauro (D-Conn.) argue in favor of consolidating our nation’s food safety functions into one independent agency.

The congressional members argue that consolidating into one agency would provide a regulatory structure better equipped to take advantage of the great work already being done by public health experts in the areas of research coordination, prevention activities, inspections and investigations. 

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Source: The Hill