For the first time since my daughter's best friend died from E.coli O157:H7, I am finally starting to feel that we are making progress towards comprehensive FDA food safety reform. Last week the U.S. Senate held its first hearing on S.510, Senator Durbin’s bipartisan bill that updates our ancient food safety system. At Safe Tables Our Priority (www.safetables.org), we work closely with many wonderful families that have suffered needlessly from contaminated food. Senators have finally acknowledged those families' pain and anguish, in many cases noting that these tragic stories were the impetus for their commitment to better protecting American families. The following is a roll call of sorts from the hearing:
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