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On the recordJuly 16, 1998
It is mind-boggling to try to come to grips with the many different agencies and laws that apply to food safety inspection in America. To think that there are some six different Federal agencies with the responsibility of food inspection, some 35 different laws and a crazy quilt of jurisdiction which not only wastes taxpayers' dollars, but creates risk for consumers is unacceptable. What we address today is more immediate, different than a change of jurisdiction within agencies. It is to address the immediate need to assure the consumers of America that its Government is doing all in its power to protect them at their family tables.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Discussing the complexities of food safety inspection and the need for legislative reform.

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