Center for Risk Management, 2000 - 2009
In June 2000, he joined the think tank Resources for the Future (RFF) in the position of Senior Fellow and Director of RFF's Center for Risk Management, where he published two documents on U.S. aid for African agriculture, both of which were funded by the Rockefeller Foundation.
During this time he was also a Director at 'Resolve', a nonprofit environmental and public health mediation and dispute resolution organization, and was an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center.
During this time, Taylor made strong arguments for a more rigorous and unified approach to food safety, in which he argued for: "A single agency accountable for providing consistent and coordinated oversight of food safety, from farm to table. Institution of Pathogen Reduction: HACCP, with performance standards verified by pathogen testing, at every step of food production. Recall authority, access to records, and penalties for lapses in safety procedures. Standards for imported foods equivalent to those for domestic foods. Food safety to take precedence over commercial considerations in trade disputes."
Taylor has been a professor at the University of Maryland's School of Medicine. In 2007 he became a Research Professor of Health Policy at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services.
FDA, 2009 - 2016
On July 7, 2009, Taylor returned to government as Senior Advisor to the FDA Commissioner. On January 13, 2010, at the order of President Obama, he was appointed to another newly created post at the FDA, Deputy Commissioner for Foods. On March 8, 2016, Taylor notified friends and colleagues that he would be departing the FDA as of June 1, 2016.
Other than an occasional appearance on news programs and a few speeches here and there, Taylor seems to have dropped out of official and unofficial view.
One relevant and notable quote from his speech at the Tokyo Global Food Safety Initiative, where he applauded the GFSI's ability to provide a stepping stone for emerging businesses like these to succeed. "This is a time for optimism, a remarkable time for food safety around the world. Private responsibility can't take the place of public oversight, and no amount of regulation can make food safe without the private sector taking responsibility."
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What is the Delaney Amendment? Food Additives Amendment, 1958; quoting from Amendment's text:
"An Act to protect the public health by amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the use in food of additives which have not been adequately tested to establish their safety."
Signed into law by President Dwight Eisenhower on September 6, 1958
From Wikipedia:
The Food Additives Amendment of 1958 is a 1958 amendment to the United States' Food, Drugs, and Cosmetic Act of 1938. It was a response to concerns about the safety of new food additives. The amendment established an exemption from the "food additive" definition and requirements for substances "generally recognized as safe" by scientific experts in the field, based on long history of use before 1958 or based on scientific studies. New food additives would be subject to testing including by the "Delaney clause". The Delaney clause was a provision in the amendment which said that if a substance were found to cause cancer in man or animal, then it could not be used as a food additive.
More currently, from the now deceased Internist H.J. Roberts:
"Unfortunately, the Delaney clause was emasculated by the Senate's Comprehensive Regulatory Reform Act of July 19, l995. Without defining the terms "negligible" or "insignificant," it stated that a substance or product shall not be prohibited or refused approval when it "presents a negligible or insignificant foreseeable risk to human health."
Consumer Protection Attorney, Jim Turner:
"The National Food Processors Association, the scientific voice of the food industry, supports science-based FDA reform to permit companies to seek approval of food additives through qualified third-parties; TO REFORM THE DELANEY CLAUSE OF THE FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT; to improve the process for approval of health claims on food labels; and to establish national uniformity for food laws. While some of this can be done by the agency --such as the FDA's positive response to NFPA's petition on health claim and nutrient content claim policy -- the agency lacks authority to make a number of the reforms supported by the food industry. Therefore, FDA reform legislation is necessary. FDA reform bills, supported by NFPA and the food industry, are being considered by both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives."
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