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Article: IT TAKES AN OUTBREAK CRITICS OF THE FOOD SAFETY SYSTEM SAY THE NATION'S HEALTH HANGS IN THE BALANCE.(FRONT)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- November 7, 2007
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Byline: JOSH FUNK Associated Press
OMAHA, NEB. -- Peanut butter is regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. But chicken pot pies are the U.S. Department of Agriculture's responsibility. Frozen cheese pizzas - FDA. But if there's pepperoni on them, USDA has jurisdiction, too.
Critics of the nation's food safety system say that it is too fragmented and marked by overlapping authority, and they say that may help explain why dangerous foods keep slipping through and why contamination scares are handled in sometimes inconsistent ways.
"One of the underlying problems is the bifurcation of the regulatory system," said Caroline Smith DeWaal, ...