Obama 2011 budget request: Food and Drug Administration (Washington Post)

The Food and Drug Administration is one of the few agencies that would see a jump in its budget. The administration proposes to increase it by 6 percent, to $2.51 billion. The White House says much of the additional money will be targeted toward improving food safety, which has been flagged by Ob…
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This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 at 7:52 am and is filed under Business.