Abstract
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA has nominated former New York City Health Commissioner Margaret (Peggy) A. Hamburg as head of FDA and Baltimore Health Commissioner Joshua M. Sharfstein as her deputy. In his weekly address to the nation on March 14, Obama also announced his plans to create a Food Safety Working Group to modernize and enforce food safety laws and coordinate measures across the federal government. “There are certain things only a government can do. And one of those things is ensuring that the foods we eat and the medicines we take are safe and don’t cause us harm,” Obama said during his address. The President renewed his pledge to include $1 billion in the 2010 federal budget to increase the number of food inspections and FDA staff needed to protect the food supply. Hamburg has a reputation of integrity and a record of making Americans more secure, Obama noted. While serving as health commissioner of ...
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