In preparing for a Sept. 14 hearing on food safety, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce has requested documents from both USDA and FDA and the DeCoster family, owners of the two egg farms involved in the recent egg recall. The committee wants to see from the DeCosters inspection records, including all documents relating to any allegation of violation of any health, safety, environmental or animal cruelty laws.
The hearing could add pressure on the U.S. Senate to pass the stalled FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. S.510 has already passed the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee. A companion bill passed the House last summer.
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