Former USDA Food Safety Head: Past Bodes Ill For New Bid To Tackle Overlapping FDA, USDA Turf

If prior efforts are any indication, the latest federal government bid to eliminate overlapping food safety roles played by FDA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture is likely to fail, a former USDA food safety chief told Inside Health Policy. A recently signed agreement between FDA and USDA has spurred some hope that the regulators will finally tackle their overlapping food oversight, but the former USDA food safety chief points back to 2005 when the two agencies gave up...