Another key sticking point of the CPSC bill is what should go into a public database of unsafe products on the market. As the Wall Street Journal’s Jane Zhang reports, the politics and practicality of public disclosure is an issue also besetting the United States Department of Agriculture.

Richard Raymond, the department’s undersecretary for food safety, told the House Appropriations Committee yesterday that he couldn’t release the 10,000 businesses that sold meat since recalled from the now-closed Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Co.  Raymond said that that in order to name names he needs approval from the White House’s Office of Management and Budget. The OMB says they’re still looking at the issue.  Read Zhang here.

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