. "Appendix E Federal Food Safety Budget Information." Ensuring Safe Food: From Production to Consumption. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1998.
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EFederal Food Safety Budget Information
To assist the committee in determining the size and scope of the federal food safety budget, the committee asked the four major departments/agencies with responsibility for food safety to provide budget estimates for federal funds spent during the past four fiscal years. The agencies were requested to submit responses based on their involvement in one or more of five areas of federal food safety activity, as identified by the committee and emphasized in a National Food Safety Initiative (Appendix C). These areas are surveillance, inspection, risk assessment, research, and education. The responses of the agencies-the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Department of Commerce-have been consolidated and appear in the table below. Copies of the committee questionnaire and each of the agency responses in full are available from the National Academy of Sciences' (NAS) public information file. Information on accessing these documents is available from the NAS website at http://www.nas.edu.
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E Federal Food Safety Budget Information
To assist the committee in determining the size and scope of the federal food safety budget, the committee asked the four major departments/agencies with responsibility for food safety to provide budget estimates for federal funds spent during the past four fiscal years. The agencies were requested to submit responses based on their involvement in one or more of five areas of federal food safety activity, as identified by the committee and emphasized in a National Food Safety Initiative (Appendix C). These areas are surveillance, inspection, risk assessment, research, and education. The responses of the agencies-the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Department of Commerce-have been consolidated and appear in the table below. Copies of the committee questionnaire and each of the agency responses in full are available from the National Academy of Sciences' (NAS) public information file. Information on accessing these documents is available from the NAS website at http://www.nas.edu.
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Education
not reported
not reported
not reported
FY95
12,698,000
5,638,000
18,336,000
FY96
13,771,000
5,651,000
19,422,000
FY97
15,137,000
5,390,000
20,527,000
FY98
17,308,000
5,523,000
22,831,000
Surveillance, Risk Assessment, Research, and Education
FY95
7,900,000
7,900,000
FY96
7,800,000
7,800,000
FY97
7,300,000
7,300,000
FY98
6,700,000
6,700,000
TOTAL
1,043,159,000
FY95
2,900,000
124,500,000
211,463,000
21,600,000
682,696,000
1,064,062,000
FY96
4,500,000
137,800,000
211,684,000
21,200,000
688,878,000
1,174,327,000
FY97
4,500,000
49,799,000
172,000,000
203,497,000
20,300,000
724,231,000
1,236,793,000
FY98
14,500,000
52,873,000
181,900,000
222,581,000
18,500,000
746,439,000
NOTE: For EPA there is no accounting system that separates food safety from other pesticide program activities. Therefore, the budget estimates provided here include a broader level of resources than just those directly related to food safety.
NOTE: NMFS has combined food safety surveillance, risk assessment, research, and education activities into a single category.
a Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Budget Formulation and Presentation. 1998. Written communication to committee.
b National Institutes of Health, Division of Nutrition Research Coordination and Nutritional Sciences Branch. 1998. Written Communication to Committee.
c Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances. 1998. Written communication to committee.
d Food and Drug Administration. 1998. Written communication to committee.
e United States Department of Commerce, National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Sustainable Fisheries. 1998. Written communication to committee.
f United States Department of Agriculture. 1998. Written Communication to Committee.
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