After some recent recalls of popular food products like peanut butter and cookie dough, the White House is setting out to make Americans' food safer.

A food safety working group is announcing stricter rules for the production of eggs, poultry, beef, leafy greens, melons and tomatoes.

The goal is to reduce cases of salmonella and E. coli contamination.

The group was set up by President Barack Obama. It's headed by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.

It's also telling the Food and Drug Administration to help the food industry establish better tracing systems in the event of an outbreak, so that the origins of a disease can be quickly found.