Food Safety Jeopardized by Onslaught of Funding and Staff Cuts

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By Christina Jewett from NYT Health https://ift.tt/hrwpPcs
via IFTTT United States Politics and Government, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Infant Formulas, Food, Food Contamination and Poisoning, Layoffs and Job Reductions, Babies and Infants, Bacteria, Medicine and Health, Federal-State Relations (US), E Coli (Bacteria), Politics and Government, Recalls and Bans of Products, Listeria Monocytogenes The Trump administration halted some food testing and shut down a committee studying bacteria in infant formula. Earlier funding cutbacks under the Biden administration now threaten state labs and inspectors.

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