The subcommittee convenes this hearing entitled safety of the food supply continuing concerns over the food and drug administrations food recall process. Disease outbreaks from tainted food are Ongoing Public Health challenge. The centers for Disease Control estimates that each year one in six americans, 48 Million People get sick from food born illnesses, 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 die. The number of multi state food illness outbreaks is increasing affecting greater numbers of americans. And the number of vulnerable people, older, and immune compromised individuals is growing. The threat of food born illness persists even though we have gotten better at detecting and investigate outbreaks. And through the implementation of the hazard analysis and critical control point rules over the last two decades, cdc trend data indicates major reduction in the incidents of food born disease. Yet the problem remains significant. When contaminated food reaches store shelves, the fda is last
The subcommittee convenes this hearing entitled safety of the u. S. Food supply continuing concerns over the food and Drug Administrations food recall process. Disease outbreaks from tabted food are an ongoing challenge. The centers for Disease Control estimates 1 in six americans, 48 Million People get sick from food bourn illnesses, 128,000 are hospitalize and 3,000 die. The number of multistate food illness outbreaks is increasing affecting greater numbers of americans, and the number of Vulnerable People older and immune compromised individuals is growing. The threat of food born illness persists even though weve gotten better at detecting and investigating outbreaks. And through the implementation of the hazard analysis and critical control point rules over the last two decades, cdc trend data indicates major reductions in the incidence of food borne disease. Yes the problem remains significant. When contaminated food reaches store shelves the fda is the publics last line of defen
A House Committee held a hearing yesterday on how the pentagon investigates misconduct by Senior Officers and leaders in the military. The inspectors general of the army, navy, air force and marine corps testified. Colorado congressman mike coffman chaired the hearing. This subcommittee hearing is called to order. I want to welcome everyone to this mornings military personnel subcommittee hearing. The purpose of todays hearing is to receive testimony from the department of defense in the services regarding efforts they have taken to investigate and hold Senior Leaders accountable for misconduct, and to understand what programs and policies are in place to prevent misconduct. Our military enjoys the highest confidence, rating by far of any institutions in american society. This welldeserved reputation has been earned through the service and sacrifice of millions of brave men and women. One byproduct of this reputation is that the military and its leaders are held to a much higher standa
Held a hearing on the growing problem of individuals buying illicit opioids over the internet and shipping them to the United States through the mail. The Opioid Crisis, sadly, continues to get worse, not better. Last month, the center for Disease Control reported that more than 63,000 americans died in 2016 from Drug Overdoses. Indications are that number increased in 2017. These Overdose Deaths are shocking. The number of deaths continue to grow. My own home state of ohio, we were told recently is now second in the country in terms of Overdose Deaths. Its heartbreaking. And increasingly, these overdoses are due to a synthetic heroin, illegal versions of fentanyl, a drug that is 50 to 100 times stronger than heroin. In fact, in ohio, fentanyl and its variations were involved in 60 of the Overdose Deaths last year. So, its become the number one killer in ohio. The vast majority of illegal fentanyl is purchased online from labs in china and then shipped to the United States through the
The subcommittee convenes this hearing entitled safety of the u. S. Food supply, and continuing concerns over the food and Drug Administrations food recall process. Disease outbreaks from tainted food are an Ongoing Public Health challenge. The centers for Disease Control estimates that each year one in six americans, 48 Million People get sick from food borne illnesses, and 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 die. The number of multistate food illness outbreaks is increasing, affecting greater numbers of americans and the number of Vulnerable People over and immune compromise individuals is growing. The threat of food borne illness persi persist even though weve gotten better at investigating outbreaks and through the implementation of the hazard analysis and critical control point rules over the last two decades, cdc trend data indicates major reductions in the incidents of food borne disease, yet the problem remains significant. When contaminated food reaches store shelves, the fda i