Congress May Not Be So Ready To Fund S. 510 After All!
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Tell Speaker Boehner Not to Fund the Food Control Bill!
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According to Food Safety News, "Congressman
Jack Kingston (R-GA), the new chair of the appropriations subcommittee
overseeing the budgets for FDA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
is still seriously questioning whether the new law deserves funding,
considering the national debt that is spiraling out of control.
"We are all united on food safety," Kingston told pharmaceutical policy
blog
Eye on FDA this week, adding that he is very concerned about
spending the money to implement the new food safety law in the context
of a stark fiscal environment.
"Across the board, including the U.S. Congress itself, we are cutting
spending. Congress has voted on a 5 percent budget, appropriations
committee a 9 percent reduction and the appropriations," said Kingston
in the
video interview. "Overall, we're going to try to go back to the '08
pre-stimulus levels. So, in that context, we're going to be looking at
everything."
Kingston said that even though there are too many people sickened by
food borne illness--the new CDC estimates foodborne illness annually
affects 48 million Americans, including 128,000 hospitalizations and
3,000 deaths--our food safety rate is "very high, 99.99 percent safe."
"Do you really need 18,000 new FDA employees? Do you really need to
spend almost $1.5 billion, which is a huge increase for a budget of $2.5
billion, which is what they have now. You're not necessarily doubling
the size of FDA, but certainly giving them a substantial increase, maybe
more than they'll be able to absorb in the same level of efficiency and
effectiveness."
http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/01/fda-food-safety-funding-still-on-chopping-block/
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