Researchers say business user fees could ease budget woes at FDA and enhance food safety

FPSA - Analysis: User Fees Could Help the FDA Ensure Food Safety

Additional resources—and authority—would enable the FDA to better monitor food supply and keep unsafe ingredients out of it in the first place, according to a new analysis. Read MoreThe post Analysis: User Fees Could Help the FDA Ensure Food Safety appeared first on FPSA.

Researchers say business user fees could ease budget woes at FDA and enhance food safety

A research team at New York University has come up with a way to fund FDA food programs, including food safety, without using government money. The team suggests that user fees be implemented — as they already are for the medical and tobacco programs of the Food and Drug Administration. Such fees come from businesses using services of the agency, not from Congress. The FDA primarily relies on congressional appropriations to fund its food-related…