First Course For Waxman: Fix Food Safety, Hold The Separate Agency Plan
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
House Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman is prioritizing improving FDA's food safety enforcement over creating a separate food agency
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