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Article: NFPA Says Coordinated Approach to Food Safety 'Is Best Way to Improve Upon System Already in Place'.
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- August 4, 1999
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- A logical, coordinated approach to food safety, rather than the creation of a single food safety agency, "is the best way to improve upon the system already in place," according to the National Food Processors Association (NFPA).
"A single, science-based food safety policy is needed to provide the solidarity necessary to advance coordination and promote the sharing of technology, information, and resources to better ensure food safety," said Dr. Rhona Applebaum, NFPA's Executive Vice President of Scientific and Regulatory Affairs, at a Senate hearing today. "Better coordination among various federal, state, and local government ...