While the government is currently trying to figure out new ways to fund efforts to safeguard the standards of food safety within the country, most of the industry players do not agree with the suggested methods to raise the funds. Some of these efforts include registration, inspection and import fees.
According to the budget released early April, the FDA’s food program would be boosted by an additional $295 million, with $59 million coming from registration of operations and inspection of the same and $166 million would be raised through the proposed import fees. Congress has not yet imposed these fees on the industry. Before the law was heard in Congress, a letter from a joint coalition of groups within the food industry was sent to the Agriculture subcommittee, as well as other groups that the funding be considered and appropriated for the industry.
The letter also stated that although the industry was ready to give their support to Congress when it came to the funding of the FDA in order to support its efforts in food safety, they would not agree with the fees since they were basically taxing the consumer for food safety. Some of the associations under the coalition that wrote the letter include the American Bakers Association, the National Fisheries Institute, among others.
At a conference in Washington, the chair to the subcommittee, Senator Mark Pryor, who has the hefty task of heading the FDA’s budget, stressed the importance of the agency to citizens. He also said that the FDA is also under the same pressure, financially, like most other agencies. In addition, he stated that those heading the agency would have to sit down and discuss ways that would help the agency survive the tough financial year. At another gathering, days after the conference, the Senator raised the issue about the fees saying that the committee he heads is not in the position to mandate the new fees and considering how much most of the industry is opposed to the idea, there is the likelihood that they might not be adopted.
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