Legislation that would strip FDA of its food regulatory authority was introduced Tuesday (July 23) by Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) in a bill that would instead establish a separate agency responsible for food safety and nutrition. The new agency’s head would be Senate-confirmed, giving Congress a more direct role in food policy. “In recent years, FDA has been plagued by one failure after another--from a failure to protect babies from...