President’s Request Boosts Food Safety Budget, Proposes Separate Agency
In the White House budget document, FDA requests a $4.9 billion appropriation for fiscal 2016, up about $425 million from its budget for fiscal 2015. The $1.45 billion requested for food safety includes $109.4 million for implementing regulations developed over the past three years under FSMA
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