Article: FDA seeks budget increase to protect food supply.(Food and Drug Administration)

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt outlined the President's Fiscal Year 2007 (FY 2007) budget proposal for the Health and Human Services Department last week, whose $66 billion proposed discretionary budget authority represents a $1.4 billion reduction from 2006. Secretary Leavitt explained that the proposed funding level would allow the Department to accomplish its main goals of transforming the healthcare system, securing and protecting America, and advancing medical research, noted Food Institute counsel OLSSON, FRANK & WEEDA, PC. The highlights of the budget are outlined below.

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The 2007 budget ...

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