FDA Authority to Oversee Private Laboratories That Analyze Imported FDA-Regulated Food.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International trade.

Food adulteration and inspection.

Laboratories.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (9 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Discusses obstacles to and legislative proposals for FDA regulation of private laboratories that analyze imported FDA-regulated food products. Presents information about FDA and Bush Administration proposals to improve food import safety. Covers legislative proposals in the 110th Congress to address issue of private laboratory regulation, including the Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act; S. 2418, the Ending Agricultural Threats: Safeguarding America's Food Supply for Everyone Act of 2007; H.R. 5904, the Safe Food Enforcement, Assessment, Standards, and Targeting Act of 2008; and H.R. 5827, the Keeping America's Food Safe Act of 2008.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

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Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. FDA Authority to Oversee Private Laboratories That Analyze Imported FDA-Regulated Food

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