INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WOWO): Backers of new food safety rules now being finalized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) say they're something to be thankful for this holiday season. The FDA is finalizing rules for three basic categories of groceries – produce, imports and processed foods. Sandra Eskin with The Pew Charitable Trusts says it's an important step:

“We have a safe food supply in this country, but it can be safer. And it’s made safer by rules like these that are going to make the people who grow and import the food responsible for the safety of it.”

Some farm and food industry lobbying groups have chafed under federal rules in the past. Eskin points out the new regulations will be phased in starting with the big operations first.