President's Budget Invests in Food Safety

President Obama's proposed Fiscal Year 2010 FDA budget requests that $3.2 billion be allocated to help protect and promote public health. This results in a 19% increase from last years budget. The budget also introduces two major initiatives for FY 2010: Protecting America's Food Supply and Safer Medical Products. The budget is also proposing the addition of four new user fees that will help to register and inspect food manufacturing and processing facilities along with inspecting companies that fail to meet common food safety standards. issuing export certifications for food and feed will also be part of the proposed plan.

The goal of the new budget, the FDA says, is to protect American consumers from intentional or unintentional contamination and help protect America's food supply.

To read more about the new budget and it's initiatives, click here.