Durbin, DeLauro Introduce The Federal Food Administration Act

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“In recent years, FDA has been plagued by one failure after another—from a failure to protect babies from bacterial infections in their infant formula, to a failure to protect children from lead-tainted applesauce pouches. The sad reality is that FDA has not used its authority to protect Americans from preventable illness and death. For that reason, Congresswoman DeLauro and I are introducing legislation to transfer all of FDA’s food responsibilities to a new agency that, we hope, will enable greater attention and success in protecting the foods in our kids’ lunch boxes and on our dining room tables.”

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