date:Jun 08, 2012
l year (FY) 2013 budget published earlier this year, the FDA requested a 17% budget increase on FY 2012.
Food safety cuts
The FDA receives a total of almost $2.5bn in discretionary funding in the bill, a cut of $16.3m, or 0.7% below last years level. Total funding for the FDA, including user fees, is $3.8bn,said a US House Appropriations Subcommittee statement.
In February 2012, the FDA requested an overall budget of $4.5bn, including an additional $253m to fund its Transforming Food Safety I