Our Food Safety System Needs a Fully Funded FSMA

Lung cancer and a brain tumor didn’t kill my mother — Salmonella-contaminated peanut butter did. My friends and family mourned her passing, but we resolved to try to fix the system that ultimately allowed irresponsible food manufacturers to ship tainted peanut products nationwide, sickening more than 700 people and killing nine. In February 2009, I testified before Congress to call attention to the crimes committed by Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) executives. It is the government’s…