February 7, 2009

The FDA will be changing in more than one way, apparently, in the next few weeks.

Not only has Barack Obama had some harsh words for the FDA regarding their inability to quickly track down the sources of salmonella outbreaks in peanut butter (have we even forgotten about the weeks and seeming months it took to find the source of the tomato contamination last year, and more recently the spiked jalapenos), but Obama will also be changing the "face" of the FDA soon when he selects a new director to head the agency.

Sounds like Obama has narrowed his list to about five candidates for the big gig at the FDA, but most Americans might be more interested in simply finding out more quickly what the sources of future food contaminations are. 

It’s not reassuring when people are getting sick in every state from an unknown fruit, nut or other contaminate. Recalls need to happen faster and be less cumbersome, and it appears Obama is set on making it happen.

Brian Bujdos