It turns out that I am not the only one who has noticed that food regulation is sometimes a little, well, silly. The federal government recently “identified a mother lode of government waste and duplication” and decided that getting rid of it “could potentially save billions of tax dollars annually and help agencies provide more efficient and more effective service.” This according to Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Oklahoma, and the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) in response to the GAO’s first-ever audit of federal agency overlap.

One of the biggest culprits is food safety. There are more than 30 food-related laws administered by 15 different federal agencies, and still the U.S. public lacks confidence in the safety of its food supply. What to do?

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