[Hearing of the Assembly Standing Committees on Agriculture and on Consumer Affairs and Protection on food safety consumer protection]. [2010]

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[Hearing of the Assembly Standing Committees on Agriculture and on Consumer Affairs and Protection on food safety consumer protection]. [2010]

Hearing held to review the implementation of food safety consumer protections and examine whether current funding levels provide the Department of Agriculture and Markets and the Consumer Protection Board with the resources necessary to protect consumers from food borne illness.

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