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INTERVIEW: MAKING OUR FOOD SAFER
The Government Accountability Office identified food safety as one of the major issues for the new administration to address (Photo by Ken Hammond, courtesy of the USDA)
As President Obama starts looking at priorities, he or his staff will have to take a look at the "Urgent Issues" identified by the Government Accountability Office. There's a list of 13 Urgent Issues, ranging from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to the oversight of financial institutions and markets. Food safety is also on that list. The Environment Report's Lester Graham spoke with Lisa Shames. She's with the GAO. She says food safety issues such as the current recall of peanut butter contaminated by salmonella are becoming a real concern:
Producer: Lester Graham
Release Date: January 19, 2009
Running Time: 3:09