The US Congress could soon be asked to mull a move to merge the dozen federal agencies that oversee US food safety into the proposed Homeland Security Department.
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The Bush administration revealed last week that it was considering consolidating the responsibility for food safety, which is currently divided between the USDA, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Disease Control, the Commerce Department, the Customs Service and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), among others.
Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge, who first suggested the possibility of a merger last November, said recently that such consolidation may occur in the near future.
During his first testimony on Capitol Hill on the new agency, Ridge is quoted as telling lawmakers: “There are still another twelve agencies out there that have something to do with food safety and that was too much to pull in the department.
“It may be subject (to) consideration from the Congress down the road.”
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