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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysbdjb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GPO FOOD SAFETY AND THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2022 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10:01 a.m. in Room SD-124, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Tammy Baldwin (chairwoman) pre- siding. Present: Senators Baldwin, Tester, Heinrich, Hoeven, Moran, Hyde-Smith, and Braun. PANEL I FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION STATEMENT OF DR. ROBERT CALIFF M.D., COMMISSIONER ACCOMPANIED BY: MR. FRANK YIANNAS, M.P.H., DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, FOOD POL- ICY AND RESPONSE SUSAN, T. MAYNE, PH. D, DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY AND APPLIED NUTRITION MICHAEL C. ROGERS, M.S., ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, FOR HUMAN AND ANIMAL FOOD OPERATIONS OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR TAMMY BALDWIN Senator BALDWIN. Good morning, everybody. I want to welcome everyone to our hearing today. We have a distinguished panel of witnesses here to discuss the important food safety mission at the Food and Drug Administration. For our first panel I would like to welcome Dr. Robert Califf, FDA Commissioner. He is joined by Dr. Susan Mayne, and Mr. Frank Yiannas, and Mr. Michael Rogers. Thank you all for being here this morning. The FDA is charged with the critical mission of protecting Amer- ica's food supply, yet recent reports have highlighted a lack of lead- ership, poor communication, and slow governance at the agency that have had a detrimental impact on the safety of the food that every American relies upon. This hearing will highlight not only FDA's decisionmaking with regards to food safety, but also the impact those decisions have on industry and the overall food supply. The question we need to ask today is: Is food safety a priority of the FDA? America has the safest food in all the world, but seri- ous concerns remain about the priority that FDA gives to food safe- (1)

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