Food policy action on the state and local levels is necessary and important for at least two reasons. First, the complexity and breadth of our nation's food system requires layered policy and regulation: the system's functioning needs both national uniformity and local distinctions. Second, there are crucial gaps in national regulation that provide rich opportunities for state and local action. These gaps, in areas such as the regulation of antibiotics in animal feed and the oversight of food additives, are not priorities of the federal agencies that oversee food. Although the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has made nutrition policy a priority for 2018, the current administration's explicitly anti-regulatory agenda makes it unlikely that it will address these previously under prioritized areas.

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重组美国食品主义

至少出于两个原因，州和地方层面的食品政策行动是必要和重要的。首先，我国粮食系统的复杂性和广度需要分层的政策和监管：系统的运作需要全国统一和地方差异。其次，国家监管方面存在重大差距，为州和地方行动提供了丰富的机会。这些差距，例如动物饲料中抗生素的监管和食品添加剂的监管，并不是联邦食品监管机构的优先事项。尽管美国食品药品监督管理局 (FDA) 已将营养政策列为 2018 年的优先事项，但本届政府明确的反监管议程使其不太可能解决这些以前优先考虑的领域。