Without a three-member quorum, the CPSC is unable to sue a manufacturer or demand a recall on dangerous products

Consumer safety commission's oversight is weak and out-of-date due to its disappearing budget

Things have not gone smoothly for the Agricultural Quarantine Inspection program

Failures of mine safety oversight body blamed for fatal disasters

Recent injuries, and even deaths, caused by faulty products have revealed a broken Consumer Product Safety Commission

Vioxx dangers raise questions about FDA's ability to monitor drugs

Since 2001, funding cuts at OSHA have been mirrored by a drop in the enforcement budget for the agency

Food safety oversight agencies often inconsistent and ineffective, says GAO

The GAO called for improvement in the FDA’s Foreign Drug Inspection Program in 1998. A decade later, there's been little improvement.

Meat recalls prompt critics to question USDA