FDA Faulted In Safety Lapses (Washington Post)
The Food and Drug Administration came under withering criticism by a House panel yesterday for its handling of recent food-safety violations, and the Bush administration later disclosed plans to establish a working group to review the safety of food and other imports.

FDA lab closures may mean more unsafe food: lawmakers (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The U.S Food and Administration's plan to consolidate laboratories used for testing food and other products would make it even more difficult for the understaffed agency to protect Americans from unsafe food, lawmakers said on Tuesday.

Congressional Panel Faults FDA on Food Safety (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
TUESDAY, July 17 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's ability of ensure the safety of food in America is "minimal," investigators warned a Congressional committee on Tuesday.