Dive Summary:
- The Obama administration, upon gaining a second term in office, has vowed to expedite food safety regulation that has been hanging in the balance for months now.
- The new regulations, known as the Food Safety Modernization Act, will be the largest overhaul to the system in decades.
- Industry leaders were weary that the election would delay the bill, however the administration laid to rest those fears with this announcement.
From the article:
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is still working "expeditiously" to implement major portions of the Food Safety Modernization Act, legislation that has largely sat in budgetary limbo since President Obama signed it into law on January 4, 2011 - nearly two years ago. "The Obama Administration is committed to food safety and we have taken key steps including putting out a food safety rule cracking down on salmonella in eggs and expanding E. coli testing for beef," and OMB spokeswoman wrote to the Huffington Post on Tuesday. "We are working as expeditiously as possible...
