FDA halts food inspections during government shutdown
'The partial government shutdown has left America’s food industry in a pickle — as the Food and Drug Administration has been forced to suspend routine inspections of food-processing facilities. '
'The inspectors conduct about 160 routine food inspections per week and a third of those are of high-risk processing facilities, said FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb. '
'With the shutdown now in its 19th day, more than 50 FDA inspections of high-risk facilities — which handle items like soft cheese and seafood — have been nixed so far, the Washington Post reported. '
'It’s the rotten result of hundreds of FDA inspectors having been furloughed. '
'Gottlieb is relying on new legal guidance that he might be able bring back around 150 furloughed workers to conduct the inspections. '
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'The partial government shutdown has left America’s food industry in a pickle — as the Food and Drug Administration has been forced to suspend routine inspections of food-processing facilities. '
'The inspectors conduct about 160 routine food inspections per week and a third of those are of high-risk processing facilities, said FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb. '
'With the shutdown now in its 19th day, more than 50 FDA inspections of high-risk facilities — which handle items like soft cheese and seafood — have been nixed so far, the Washington Post reported. '
'It’s the rotten result of hundreds of FDA inspectors having been furloughed. '
'Gottlieb is relying on new legal guidance that he might be able bring back around 150 furloughed workers to conduct the inspections. '
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