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Federal Funding Experts Issue Warning About Food Safety During Shutdown
Jan 8, 2019
Food poisoning may increase as a result of the government being closed.
“We know that food safety will be particularly hard-hit, including the furloughing of workers in charge of routine inspections,” says a statement from the Alliance for a Stronger FDA, a multi-stakeholder coalition that educates and advocates for increased appropriated funding for FDA. “These functions are almost exclusively funded by appropriations.”
The group says the agency will manage outbreaks related to foodborne illness, high-risk recalls and reviews of import entries to determine potential risks to health, but will be “thinly-staffed.”
For more information from the Alliance for a Stronger FDA, contact Steven Grossman (sgrossman@strengthenfda.org) or Ladd Wiley (lwiley@ofwlaw.com)