US: Consumer groups urge Senate to pass FDA reform
By: just-food.com | 9 September 2010
US consumer groups and recent victims of foodborne illness have urged the US Senate to pass a bill that will reform the country's food supply - more than a year since the House of Representatives gave its green light to a set of similar proposals.
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US consumer groups and recent victims of foodborne illness have urged the US Senate to pass a bill that will reform the country's food supply - more than a year since the House of Representatives gave its green light to a set of similar proposals.
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