FDA’s New Approach to Food Protection

As a physician and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, protecting America’s food supply is extremely important to me.

American consumers have one of the safest food supplies in the world, but the world is changing, and we know it can be safer. New food sources, advances in production and distribution methods, and the growing volume of imports due to consumer demand call for a new approach to protecting our food from unintentional or deliberate contamination. The Food and Drug Administration must…