Dive Summary:

• The Obama administration has maintained that it plans to fun the FDA with fees gathered from registration and inspections and imports.
• The food industry has made it clear they are completely opposed to these measures, stating the government should fund it, not businesses and consumers.
• In a tight budget year, this may come down to the wire as the current administration is looking for budgetary workarounds anywhere they can find them.

From the article:

The president’s FY 2014 budget released earlier this month seeks a $295 million increase for the agency’s food program, but the vast majority of the boost would come from new fees that Congress has not mandated, including $59 million in registration and inspection fees and $166 million in import fees, to help the agency roll out the Food Safety Modernization Act.