Senate passes overhaul of food safety system
The Senate passed the largest overhaul of the food safety system in decades on Tuesday, a response to massive recalls such as last summer's recall of half a billion eggs in a salmonella outbreak.
SEN. Loren Legarda, chairman of the Senate Committee on agriculture and food, will push for the immediate passage of a comprehensive bill on food safety that would ensure the highest quality of agriculture and fishery products for both domestic and international markets.