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Proposed cuts to FDA, USDA by GOP could suspend encactment of food safety rules

In an effort to cut $58 billion from the federal budget for the second half of Fiscal Year 2011, House Republicans released a budget proposal late last week, one provision of which would mean steep cuts for food safety programs at both the FDA and USDA. Critics argue the reductions could cause More…

GAO: Despite Increased Funding, U.S. Food Aid Declines

By | 09.30.09 | 4:38 pm

Despite a 53 percent in food aid funding over the last two years, the amount of food delivered to address emergencies abroad fell 5 percent over the same span, the non-partisan Government Accountability Office reported Wednesday. GAO is citing as a culprit a U.S. law requiring that almost More…