The House Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing today on a Government Accountability Office report detailing problems with the Food and Drug Administration. Gardiner Harris of the New York Times obtains an early copy and focuses on the problem of backlogs caused by under-staffing and outdated computer systems. Among other tidbits, at its current pace the FDA would need 1,900 years to inspect every food plant brought into the United States.   Read Harris here.

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