“The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shed light on the agency’s priorities for federal food safety activities and programs. FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., and Frank Yiannis, deputy commissioner, said in a joint statement that the request for more funding in the fiscal 2020 budget, “… will allow the agency to add new staff and resources to enhance signal detection, response to outbreaks and post-response evaluations.”
“For example, the FDA is proposing more money to support whole genome sequencing (WGS), which the agency said has been a game-changer for the way food safety investigators address pathogen contamination in foods…”
“Earlier in March, FDA requested $6.1 billion as part of President Trump’s fiscal 2020 budget. The proposed budget includes a requested increase of more than $643 million compared to the 2019 Annualized Continuing Resolution (CR) — or $419 million compared to the fiscal 2019 enacted budget.”
“The budget includes…” Read the full article here.
Source: FDA details FY 2020 budget priorities – By Erica Shaffer, March 20, 2019. Meat + Poultry.
