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"The FDA is suspending a quality control program for testing milk and other dairy products due to reduced capacity in its food safety and nutrition division...

Another disruption to food safety programs after the termination and departure of 20,000 HHS employees..."
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts
The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for testing of fluid milk and other dairy products due to reduced capacity in its food safety and nutrition division, according to an internal email seen by Reuters.
www.reuters.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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"'She’s a very talented scientist with huge potential … the capacity to be the best of the best,' he said..."

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
April 22, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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The good news is that the Trump administration's approach to food safety only matters to Americans who eat food.

For everyone else, we're overdue for an important conversation. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Tough to swallow: The Trump administration’s approach to food safety keeps getting worse
Those who backed the Republican ticket may not have realized they were voting to scale back food-safety safeguards, but that’s what they’re getting.
www.msnbc.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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April 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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April 18, 2025 at 12:05 AM