4 years later, tougher U.S. food safety law yet to yield overhaul

USA Today: WASHINGTON — Four years ago, President Barack Obama signed into law sweeping changes designed to improve U.S. food safety and prevent outbreaks similar to the one involving Brenham-based Blue Bell, in which three people have died after eating contaminated ice cream.

The Food Safety Modernization Act, the biggest food safety overhaul since 1938, came in response to a 46-state outbreak tied to salmonella at a Georgia peanut plant in 2008. Nine people died, and every year since, thousands have died from food-borne illnesses.

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