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Transcript: FOOD SAFETY:MICHAEL R. TAYLOR
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- Congressional Testimony
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- December 4, 2007
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Congressional Testimony
12-04-2007
Statement of Michael R. Taylor Research Professor, Health Policy The George
Washington University Committee on Senate Health, Education, Labor and
Pensions December 4, 2007 Mr. Chairman, Senator Enzi, members of the committee,
I appreciate this opportunity to testify on strategies to improve food
safety and on the Food and Drug Administration`s recently issued Food Protection
Plan. This hearing is timely and important. For over a decade, the Government
Accountability Office (GAO) and expert committees of the National Academy
of Sciences (NAS) have been documenting fundamental problems in the nation`s
food safety system - a system that has evolved over many years ...