August 23/Washington/Associated Press Financial Wire -- FDA chief Margaret Hamburg, beset with an egg-and-salmonella food safety challenge, said the agency must move from a reactive to preventive enforcement strategy.
Giving a series of network interviews in the wake of some 1,300 salmonella cases from tainted eggs, Hamburg said the FDA is taking the issue "very, very seriously." At the same time, she said Congress should pass pending legislation that would provide her agency with greater enforcement power, including new authority over imported food.