The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates about one in every four dollars of consumer spending in the US.
Yet, despite this, an analysis of the FDA budget reveals the federal agency has been chronically underfunded. While the budgets of other agencies have grown, the FDA's is stagnant and increases over many years generally covered only salary hikes and rising rent.
Traditionally, the FDA has never spoken publicly about its budget, deferring to the public position taken by the Department ...