Abstract
THE CURRENT OUTBREAK of Salmonella typhimurium in peanut products, which has sickened more than 600 people and killed at least nine, has prompted experts to take a closer look at what can be done to strengthen food safety regulations in the U.S. A consensus is emerging that “at the very least we have holes in our food safety net. More likely, we have a broken system,” said Sandra A. Hoffmann, a fellow at the economic think tank Resources for the Future, as she kicked off a panel discussion on reforming food safety regulations at RFF earlier this month. A recurrent theme that ran through the discussion at RFF was how to fix the fragmented food safety system in the U.S.—one in which responsibilities are divided among multiple federal agencies, including the Department of Agriculture, the Food & Drug Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. “Fragmentation of federal ...
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