RL34152
Food Safety
January 02, 2008
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Summary
A series of widely publicized incidents - from adulterated Chinese seafood imports to bacteria-tainted spinach, meat, and poultry produced domestically - have made food safety an issue in the 110th Congress. Numerous proposals were introduced in 2007 that would alter aspects of the current U.S. food safety system; some of these bills could receive consideration in 2008. This report provides an overview of the current system, highlights major issues in the debate to improve it, and describes the bills.
