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FDA to suspend quality-control program for food testing due to staff cuts (www.theguardian.com)

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The FDA labs that test food to prevent illness have been affected by wider health and human services staff cuts

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is suspending a quality-control program for its food-testing laboratories as a result of staff cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), according to an internal email seen by Reuters.

The proficiency testing program of the FDA’s Food Emergency Response Network is designed to ensure consistency and accuracy across the agency’s network of about 170 labs that test food for pathogens and contaminants to prevent food-borne illness.

The firing and departure of as many as 20,000 HHS employees has upended public health research and disrupted the agency’s work on areas like bird flu and drug reviews. Donald Trump hopes to slash as much as $40bn from HHS.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago

All so some billionaires can pay less in taxes and fuck everyone else