President's Council of Food Safety will coordinate enforcement, food safety issues

National Food Safety Council Created by Clinton
Excerpted from the Los Angeles Times Wire Services:

"On Tuesday,August 25, 1998 - President Clinton signed an executive order
creating a council to oversee food safety. ,

The President's Council of Food Safety will coordinate enforcement,
research, education and prevention activities, as well as developing a
coordinated annual federal budget for food safety issues.

The council will be headed by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman,
Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala, and White House Office
of Science and Technology Policy Director Dr. Neal Lane.

Currently, more than 12 federal agencies have some role in protecting the
nation's food supply with many jurisdicitons overlapping."

Comment: Expect a statement in favor of irradiation from the Council in
the near future.

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