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Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) has reintroduced the Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act first proposed in 2019. Representative DeLauro has extensive experience in public health and is concerned over foodborne infection. The Bill was motivated by successive nationwide outbreaks of STEC colibacillosis associated with romaine lettuce produced in the Yuma Valley of Arizona and the Central Valley of California. Irrigating fields with water contaminated by runoff from concentrated animal feeding operatio
The Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act is well intentioned as with most of the legislation suggested by Representative DeLauro. The Act would empower FDA investigators to conduct field studies requiring entry to farms to obtain samples and conduct studies relating to the etiology of foodborne diseases. The activities suggested fall within the function of the Centers for Disease Control staffed with trained epidemiologists staffed with the appropriate laboratory resources. These specialists are capable
The problem presented by the proposed legislation lies in the fact that the FDA would be empowered to exercise investigative activities on farms. Based on the appallingly amateurish and incompetent approach to implementation of the Final Rule On The Prevention of Salmonella in egg production from 2010 onwards, the FDA is ill equipped to become involved in livestock production. Recent investigations arising from contamination of infant formula point to the deficiencies in structure, internal communication,