Food Safety Agencies and Authorities: A Primer (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
Revised June 20, 2002 |
| Report Number |
98-91 |
| Authors |
Jean M. Rawson and Alejandro E. Segarra, Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
| Older Revisions |
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Summary:
Several federal agencies, in cooperation with state governments, are responsible for regulating the safety of the U.S. food supply. In the wake of an outbreak of foodborne illness and the largest recall of suspected contaminated meat in U.S. history in August 1997, several policymakers have reopened the debate on creating a single, independent, federal food safety agency. They assert that this would provide more effective regulatory control over the entire farm-to-table food production and marketing system by eliminating the overlapping and occasionally competing objectives of multiple agencies. As background for further discussion on this and related food safety issues, this report describes the roles of the primary federal and cooperating state agencies responsible for food safety and enumerates the major legislative authorities currently governing them.
