FDA Authority to Oversee Private Laboratories That Analyze Imported FDA-Regulated Food.

Discusses obstacles to and legislative proposals for FDA regulation of private laboratories that analyze imported FDA-regulated food products. Presents information about FDA and Bush Administration proposals to improve food import safety. Covers legislative proposals in the 110th Congress to address...

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Corporate Authors: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.
Series:U.S. Congressional Research.
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Summary:Discusses obstacles to and legislative proposals for FDA regulation of private laboratories that analyze imported FDA-regulated food products. Presents information about FDA and Bush Administration proposals to improve food import safety. Covers legislative proposals in the 110th Congress to address issue of private laboratory regulation, including the Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act; S. 2418, the Ending Agricultural Threats: Safeguarding America's Food Supply for Everyone Act of 2007; H.R. 5904, the Safe Food Enforcement, Assessment, Standards, and Targeting Act of 2008; and H.R. 5827, the Keeping America's Food Safe Act of 2008.
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