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August 30, 2012

Health Groups File Suit to Enforce Food Safety Law 
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Two health and environment groups have filed a lawsuit accusing the
federal government of failing to implement a new food safety law that
could save the lives of thousands of people. The Center for Food Safety
and the Center for Environmental Health say government officials have
repeatedly missed deadlines for issuing regulations required by the Food
Safety Modernization Act. The groups are seeking a court order that
would require the Food and Drug Administration and the Office of
Management and Budget to force mandatory enforcement of the law. More
than 3,000 people die a year from food poisoning in the United States,
and millions more get sick. The law was enacted last year after
contaminated food led to several outbreaks of illnesses nationwide.

 

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