The Food and Drug Administration needs to overhaul its structure so that a single person is clearly in charge of its food programs, an independent panel said in a report
WASHINGTON— released Tuesday.
Mr. Califf said in a statement Tuesday that the FDA would provide details of a new vision and structure for the FDA’s food programs in public comments by the end of January. The FDA could improve its operations either by establishing a separate Federal Food Administration, split off from a Federal Drug Administration, within the Department of Health and Human Services, or by reorganizing the lines of command within the FDA, the panel suggested, giving several different options.
“If you boil it down, the status quo has been blown out of the water and that’s good,” Mr. Taylor said. “The question is how do you follow through and make the change.” About 48 million Americans, or one in six people, get sick from foodborne diseases each year, sending about 128,000 to the hospital and killing around 3,000 people, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.How should the FDA improve its food regulation programs? Join the conversation below.
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