Fast Food Nation author supports Safe Food Act

News Target: According to Eric Schlosser, author of the best-selling book "Fast Food Nation," the U.S. food industry should be regulated by a single food safety agency with the authority to test foods, issue recalls and punish companies that violate food safety rules.

 

Schlosser called for both parties to support the Safe Food Act of 2005, introduced last year by Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill. and Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn. If passed, the bill would consolidate a number of federal agencies involved in the current food safety system.