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Article: SEN. KOHL TO WORK WITH ADMINISTRATION ON OVERHAUL OF NATION'S FOOD SAFETY SYSTEM

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March 25, 2009
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WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The office of Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis., issued the following news release:

U.S. Senator Herb Kohl today sent a letter to President Barack Obama to collaborate on improving the nation's food safety system. Kohl is the chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, which has jurisdiction over funding for the nation's two main agencies tasked with keeping the food supply safe: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Food Safety and Inspection Service within the Department of Agriculture. In 2007, Kohl convened hearings on food safety in both Washington and Wisconsin, and has since worked to boost funding for the FDA, increase the number of food ...

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