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Article: Congress Looks At Safeguarding The U.S. Food Supply.(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- The Food Institute Report
- Article date:
- October 29, 2001
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A flurry of bills were being discussed in the House and Senate late last week regarding safeguarding the U.S. food supply on the heels of a statement by Health and Human Service Secretary Tommy Thompson that the nation's food supply could be the target of a terrorist attack. At the same time, the House and Senate passed in record time, the highly publicized antiterrorism act which the President signed on Oct. 26. At one point it was contemplated that food safety be included in that measure. That was not the case, however, and at week's end a number of measures aimed at protecting the nation's food supply were on the table, with costs ranging anywhere from $1.5 billion to ...