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Article: FDA Told to Make Changes in Biotech Foods Review Process.(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Food & Drink Weekly
- Article date:
- December 6, 1999
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FDA's second installment of its cross-country public listening sessions on its food biotechnology review process attracted over 100 speakers to Washington, D.C., last week. It also attracted a couple dozen biotechnology protestors chanting against the back drop of a giant corncob that read "Safety First."
Joseph Levitt, director of FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, said since 1992, the agency has set its policy for regulating foods developed using the tools of biotechnology. Levitt said in the past five years, FDA has had over 40 consultations with companies concerning new varieties of foods made using biotechnology. "It is our goal to have our ...