"Historically, food safety and nutrition have never been adequately funded at FDA," Taylor said, based on his...

"Historically, food safety and nutrition have never been adequately funded at FDA," Taylor said, based on his experience at the agency from the 1970s through 2016.

This isn't news to some of us, but in case it is, welcome to government not being able to adequately fund things. (This is where you insert something snarky about Mnuchin's new yacht, or something.)

Donnelly said that "Beyond budget, there is a lack of trained food inspectors at FDA. Food companies complain that FDA's approach to inspection is punitive, versus a more educational approach taken at [USDA], where on-site inspectors work with food processors to assure safe food production."

I'm pretty sure there'd still need to be a stick with that carrot, but even if not, it still comes down to funding training and education (insert comment about tax cuts here).

Meanwhile, lawyers have replaced government scientists at the FDA in many instances, and so there is a lack of understanding of how certain foods are produced, she said.

Because there's an extensive health and science curriculum, not to mention commercial agriculture, animal husbandry, food distribution, and epidemiology in law school. Might as well specify weather and climate because that hugely overlaps with food production and disease outbreaks on a scientific basis. All well known areas of specialization in law.


http://www.kvoa.com/story/38696138/foodborne-illness-may-be-on-the-rise-heres-why

http://www.kvoa.com/story/38696138/foodborne-illness-may-be-on-the-rise-heres-why