Each year, millions of people become ill and up to 9,000 die from contaminated food. The Recipe for Safe Food is a consumer-oriented legislative platform designed to clean up America's food supply. In addition, it has directed resources to addressing issues linked to bacterial, viral, and parasitic contamination of foods.
Money is used for research, education, and inspection.
These important new tools would allow FDA to minimize the amount of contaminated food that reaches the marketplace and to penalize wrongdoers. Combine all government food-related functions into a single agency, the U.S. Food Safety Administration. Right now, food safety functions are divided between numerous government agencies. A single food agency would improve inspections, efficiency, and accountability. This concept has been endorsed by the General Accounting Office.