Placer News Roundup - December 18, 2007 (Addendum)
Posted by: Jeff Flint | 12/18/2007 6:31 AM
Missed an article earlier this morning from the Bee:
UCD to run FDA center - Sac Bee
UC Davis will host the nation's newest food safety center, thanks to the sprawling spending bill set for final congressional approval this week.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., tucked into the bill $1.5 million to establish a Food and Drug Administration "Center of Excellence" at the University of California, Davis. The center will lead research on protecting U.S. food supplies.
(snip)
Dr. Jerry Gillespie, former director of the Western Institute for Food Safety and Security...began campaigning for an FDA food safety center about six years ago. He came close last year when the Senate approved funding, but resistance by Rep. John Doolittle, R-Roseville, killed the idea.
Doolittle has since stepped down from the House Appropriations Committee pending an investigation into his relationship with disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff. He was not in a position this year to block the FDA spending.
UCD to run FDA center - Sac Bee
UC Davis will host the nation's newest food safety center, thanks to the sprawling spending bill set for final congressional approval this week.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., tucked into the bill $1.5 million to establish a Food and Drug Administration "Center of Excellence" at the University of California, Davis. The center will lead research on protecting U.S. food supplies.
(snip)
Dr. Jerry Gillespie, former director of the Western Institute for Food Safety and Security...began campaigning for an FDA food safety center about six years ago. He came close last year when the Senate approved funding, but resistance by Rep. John Doolittle, R-Roseville, killed the idea.
Doolittle has since stepped down from the House Appropriations Committee pending an investigation into his relationship with disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff. He was not in a position this year to block the FDA spending.
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