In a letter to U.S. Congress members dated May 17, 2023, twelve major industry organizations and stakeholder groups made the case for improving national food safety by making changes to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) authorities and budget.

Although the letter acknowledges FDA’s restructuring of its Human Foods program in response to the 2022 infant formula crisis and subsequent Reagan-Udall report, there are still “… several actions Congress can take to modernize the Human Foods program and bring clarity and certainty to the agency’s budget,” the authors state. Specifically, the letter requests: