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Editorial

Nature 445, 683-684 (15 February 2007) | doi:10.1038/445683b; Published online 14 February 2007

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Science needs to be better applied to the US food-safety system.

Food-safety oversight in the United States has been in disarray for many years. Responsibility for it is split, on historical grounds, between 15 different agencies in the federal government, operating under at least 30 different statutes.