date:Jan 07, 2013
gulations before their release, over the past year for their failure to release the rules to the public for comment within the timeframe mandated by the bill. (One consumer advocacy group grew so impatient that it sued both agencies in federal court.)
Mike Taylor, the FDA's head of food safety, explained the two sets of regulations in broad strokes on a Friday conference call. The produce regulations, he said, try to eliminate potential contamination of fruits and vegetables by establishing gui