Source: Timothy D. Lytton, FOOD SAFETY NEWS, 6/25/18


OPINION
Editor’s note: This opinion column was originally published by The Conversation and is republished here with permission.
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The Trump administration on June 21 unveiled an ambitious plan to consolidate federal food safety efforts within the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Currently, 15 agencies throughout the federal government administer 35 different laws related to food safety under the oversight of nine congressional committees. The administration calls this system “illogical” and “fragmented.”

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