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To: Aishwarya who wrote (2535)	1/30/1998 4:22:00 PM
From: Aishwarya	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4356

**Government May Spend Dollars to Detect Contaminated Food Stabenow, Levin offer food measure By Lisa Zagaroli / Detroit News Washington Bureau WASHINGTON--The government has to place a higher priority on preventing and responding to food safety scares, two Michigan lawmakers said Thursday. Rep. Debbie Stabenow, D-Lansing, and Sen. Carl Levin,D-Detroit, introduced legislation that would require the U.S. Department of Agriculture to dedicate research dollars to developing better tests to detect E coli, salmonella and other life-threatening pathogens occasionally found in foods. The bills do not allocate extra money for the research, but instead state that USDA must add food safety to research categories that now includes soil, water, forestry and 4H programs. "We're not adding a layer of bureaucracy," Stabenow said. "We're talking about existing resources." The legislation also directs USDA to develop a rapid response team for food safety emergencies. The response procedure would be similar to those carried out by the Federal Emergency Management Agency when natural disasters strike communities, Levin said. An incident involving tainted strawberries in Michigan schools prompted Stabenow and Levin to introduce the legislation. About 270 people, mostly students in Calhoun, Saginaw and Genesee counties, got hepatitis A from eating the frozen strawberries in school. The strawberries were traced to a distributor in California that imported them from Mexico even though foods used in school programs are supposed to be grown in the United States. *This kind of an action will put pressure on the food industry early on to develop better food systems and will force one and all to use some form of food processing **************************** Regards Sri.