Lack of funding stalls CDC food safety centers

FDA seeks 17% budget increase, with food safety and Chinese imports strategic targets

14-Feb-2012

The Food and Drug Administration is seeking a 17% increase in its budget, with the agency listing food safety and Chinese imports amongst its strategic targets.

FDA: We’ll publish FSMA foreign supplier verification rules ‘soon’

17-Jan-2012

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has missed its January 4 deadline for publishing details of how it will regulate imported food under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), but says it will update the industry “soon”.

FDA hails ‘significant progress’ under year-old food safety law

09-Jan-2012

The Food and Drug Administration claims it has made significant progress with regulatory developments related to the Food Safety Modernization Act since the bill was signed into law a year ago, according to its one-year progress report.

Lack of funding stalls CDC food safety centers

Lack of federal funding has stalled the CDC’s establishment of five dedicated Food Safety Centers of Excellence, as required under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), according to the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP).

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FDA seeks 17% budget increase, with food safety and Chinese imports strategic targets

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