Excerpt from Reinventing the Federal Food Safety System, Vol. 2: Hearings Before the Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee and the Information, Justice, Transportation, and Agriculture Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress If fda is to achieve optimum effectiveness in efforts to regulate the Nation's food supply, it activities must be properly coordinated with those of other governmental and non-governmental entities which share responsibility for the safety of foods. 'these relationships benefit the Agency's regulatory efforts in several ways. They provide opportunities for fda to increase its surveillance coverage of foods and cosmetics, expand its research activities, gain access to needed research facilities, as well as provide increased access to safety, surveillance, and food consumption data. For FY 96, one important objective will be to continue efforts to improve collaboration and coordination with the States to promote consistency of interpretation among the States and fda in the food safety program. This will include a continuation of efforts to promote the adoption by States of the The Food Code as the most effective and efficient means of ensuring food safety at the retail level. Another objective will be to promote the formation and support of interagency working groups and committees those currently involved in Microbiological Hazards, Chemical Contaminants. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.