Legislators launch probe into FDA job competition plan

[The Straight Story]

Legislators launch probe into FDA job competition plan
From the Associated Press August 27, 2007

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two House Democrats are investigating the Food and Drug Administration's plan to consider outsourcing more than 300 jobs.

Michigan Reps. John Dingell and Bart Stupak sent a letter Friday to the FDA, requesting all documents connected with the agency's plan to consider contracting 322 jobs to private companies.

In a statement, the Congressmen called the plan "hasty and injudicious" and said the FDA should wait for the recommendations of an Import Safety Working Group formed last month by the White House.

The group is tasked with improving the safety of U.S. imports after a string of tainted products, including toothpaste, seafood and pet food, entered the U.S. from China.

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