Report Recommends Overhaul Of FDA Food Program, Separate Food Agency

FDA and Congress need to overhaul the agency’s food program, including by making structural changes, such as establishing a separate food-focused agency under HHS, and appointing an overarching head of the food program to remedy issues with work culture and lack of a clear mission, a panel of experts from the Reagan-Udall Foundation wrote in an FDA-commissioned report released this week. The report also suggests establishing a user or registration fee program for foods that could supplement simultaneous increased funding...