date:Jan 07, 2013
f the regulations a major step in implementing the landmark, bipartisan Food Safety Modernization Act.
They represent significant advances toward the administration's goal of strengthening our food safety system to better protect public health, she said.
Consumer advocates outside the agency greeted the release of the two rules, which the FDA did not announce in advance, with a great deal of relief. Many have harshly criticized the FDA and the Office of Management and Budget, which vets all re