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Senate Passes Sweeping Food-Safety Bill
Updated: 11-30-10 11:53 AM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/30/senate-passes-sweeping-fo_n_789771.html

WASHINGTON -- After stalling for more than a year, a sweeping food-safety 
bill passed with bipartisan support in the Senate on Tuesday, paving the way 
for increased federal inspections and other preventative measures. The vote 
was 73 to 25.

Though the bill has yet to be reconciled with a previous version passed by 
the House in July 2009, there has been some indication that the House will 
adopt the Senate's bill, a senior Democratic aide tells HuffPost.

The Food Safety Modernization Act would strengthen the power of the U.S. Food 
and Drug Administration, which oversees 80 percent of the nation's food 
supply, vastly improving its ability to ensure safety.