Proposed 2010 FDA Budget Has Additional Food Safety Focus
As the FDA works to protect and promote the public health, it is requesting $3.2 billion as part of it's fiscal year (FY) 2010 budget. The request represents a 19% increase over the current FDA budget. Click on the following link to view a summary of the FDA Proposed Budget.
Notably, the FDA has asked for an additional $259.3 million to fund a new food safety initiative. The goal of the new initiative, “Protecting America’s Food Supply,” is to better prevent intentional and unintentional contamination of foods through risk-based prevention and verification. The initiative, as proposed, would focus on foreign and domestic sources of ingredients, components, and finished products at all points in the supply chain.
In addition, the FDA also proposes to collect a total of $94.4 million in new user fees from the registration of food facilities. It is anticipated that the additional fees will enable the FDA increase routine inspections, while at the same time conducting additional inspection for those facilities that fail to meet the FDA’s safety standards.
