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Bush seeks $275 million more for the FDA

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President Bush abruptly proposed yesterday a significant increase in government funding to ensure the safety of food and drug imports. The Bush administration requested giving the Food and Drug Administration an added $275million in funding during the next fiscal year. That would be on top of the $2.4billion budget that the Bush administration had initially proposed. The move, which comes as Congress prepares to consider the agency's budget, would pay for basing inspectors abroad, increasing the number of inspections and modernizing computer systems, federal health officials said.

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