Well have 50 different labeling requirements but two or three states, then shat shows we need a National Standard. Right, the level of complexity with that type of labeling would be an incalculable burden on manufacturing. Mr. Chairman, i appreciate it. Time has expired on the floor votes so well come back as soon as we vote. There are two votes. And the committee stands in recess for the floor vote. The time of reassess having expired, well continue with the questions and at this point the chair recognizes the gentleman from kentucky, mr. Whitfield. Thank you, mr. Chairman, and i want to thank all of the witnesses for joining us today on this very important subject. As a matter of fact, i walked out of this hearing to go back to my office before i went to a floor for the vote, and there were a group of seven people in there wanted to talk about this bill. So somebody is really organized today. But it is an important issue, and mr. Offthe, id like to just ask for your comments. Fda has
Senate appropriations subcommittee. This is 40 minutes. Hearing will come to order. I would like to thank the members for being here. Ranking member merkley and certainly want to welcome fda administrator gottlieb. Thank you for being here this morning, we appreciate it. Todays hearing will focus on the food and drug administrations fiscal year 2018 budget request. Thank you again for being here, dr. Gottlieb and obviously this is a Good Opportunity to talk about fdas priorities for the upcoming year. Congratulations on your confirmation. We certainly want to welcome you in your first appearance before the subcommittee and we look forward to working with you. The agency you head has authority over approximately 20 cents of every dollar spent in america. Americans expect that the food they eat and the drugs they take will be safe and effective. Fdas reach is vast. The agency has authority over more than 300,000 foreign establishments, and 185,000 domestic establishments ranging from Foo
Senate appropriations subcommittee. This is 40 minutes. Hearing will come to order. I would like to thank the members for being here. Ranking member merkley and certainly want to welcome fda administrator gottlieb. Thank you for being here this morning, we appreciate it. Todays hearing will focus on the food and drug administrations fiscal year 2018 budget request. Thank you again for being here, dr. Gottlieb and obviously this is a Good Opportunity to talk about fdas priorities for the upcoming year. Congratulations on your confirmation. We certainly want to welcome you in your first appearance before the subcommittee and we look forward to working with you. The agency you head has authority over approximately 20 cents of every dollar spent in america. Americans expect that the food they eat and the drugs they take will be safe and effective. Fdas reach is vast. The agency has authority over more than 300,000 foreign establishments, and 185,000 domestic establishments ranging from Foo
The upcoming year. Congratulations on your confirmation. We certainly want to welcome you. In your first appearance before the subcommittee and we look forward to working with you. The agency you had has authority over approximately 20 cents of every dollar spent in america. Americans expect that the food they eat and the drugs they take will be safe and effective. Fdas reach is vast. The agency has authority over more than 300,000 foreign establishments and 185,000 domestic establishments ranging from Food Processing plants to facilities that manufacture lifesaving medications. In addition to facilities themselves fda is tasked with the regulatory responsibility of individual products. In delivering these regulatory responsibilities your private sector partners expect transparency and certainty from the fda. When i speak to Small Businesses and ag producers in north dakota their overwhelming concern is overburdensome regulations coming to washington, d. C. Can stifle innovation and hi
Point of what we know what to eat or what we should eat, and how that impacts the food system and drives what we do. This is all the information that is in Chapter Seven of your textbook. We are going to give a little bit of a background of the connection between food and health. How do we know we have this relationship . Where did it start . Where did it come from . We will talk about the discovery of nutrients and the role of the usda in how nutrition policy is started. We will do a whole other section on policy and nutrition, and cover it in great depth. We will talk about nutrient requirements, what they are, where they came from. How the public is educated about nutrition and supplemental nutrition programs, with the whole idea of eventually getting to the idea of nutrition and chronic disease. Thats where we are headed with the rest of this section of the course, talking about obesity and other chronic diseases. Lets start with this idea. Youve probably all heard this. Hippocrate