President's National Food Safety Initiative

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The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and Research, Education, and Economics; The Department of Health and Human Services'' Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will convene a meeting on March 31 to April 2, 1997, to discuss and develop for the President a comprehensive plan to reduce the annual incidence of foodborne illness by enhancing the safety of the nation's food supply. USDA and FDA are also establishing public dockets to receive comments about the President's Food Safety Initiative and the discussion draft and current thinking document made available on February 21, 1997.