Former Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration
Former Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (2002-2004); Senior Fellow at the AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies
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Mark McClellan
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FROM Mark McClellan
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Is the FDA Capable of Policing the Food Supply? Three people were killed by contaminated spinach from California this year, and hundreds more were sickened before the FDA ordered a recall. Not only did the Food and Drug Administration know about problems with spinach , it was also aware of problems with contaminated peanut butter. In both cases—before high profile recalls. A report in today's Washington Post raises questions about the FDA and its ability to protect America's food supply. Mark McClellan, senior fellow at the AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies, is a former commissioner of the FDA.
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