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. '
[–] 16015045? ago
Good thing pre-cut vegetables are top on the health departments list of sources of food born illness.
[–] 16015076? [S] ago
Who buys precut vegis? How lazy can you get?
[–] 16015102? ago
Who you think is buying all those pre-cut microgreens?