Food Safety

U.S. Food and Drug Administration cutbacks may mean elimination of some food safety programs

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, July 23rd, 2006

Resources are fewer and the responsibilities greater for ensuring the country’s food safety and protecting its public health, according to a Robert Brackett, who heads up the U.S. FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN).

Speaking to scientists and senior executives within the food industry at the opening of the Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting + Food Expo, Brackett said drastic cutbacks within the U.S. FDA are not imminent, but described his department as operating in “an era of austerity.”

CFSAN’s workforce of 950 full-time employees in late 2003 will shrink to 817 in 2007 he said.

The cutbacks...

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