CNN CNN Newsroom January 4, 2011
true when there is something wrong with the food we're eating. remember the salmonella outbreak or the salmonella tainted peanuts from the year before? or the spinach laced with e. coli in 2006? all of those cases and many more have led congress to pass the biggest overhaul of food safety rules since the 1930s. president obama just back from hawaii plans to sign the food safety modernization act anytime now. it gives the fda the power to recall foods. you may be surprised to know that until now, the feds could only request recalls. they could negotiate recalls. but they could not ord...