WASHINGTON — The Senate Appropriations Committee has signed off on a fiscal year 2012 funding bill for USDA and the Food & Drug Administration, making cuts in most programs from the previous fiscal year levels. Overall spending is $3.2 billion lower than it was two years ago. The overall discretionary spending for the Senate bill is $19.780 and is $2.69 billion more than the House bill, which was passed in June.
The budget level for the Food Safety & Inspection Service is the same as the previous fiscal year at $1.007 billion. The budget includes the full. . .
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