The last few months have seen a number of outbreaks related to food contamination in the United States, and it looks like things are about to start getting even worse.
The partial government shutdown, which has been going strong for almost three weeks now, has left nearly one million federal employees either having to go without pay or on furlough, and that includes approximately 41 percent of the employees working for the Food and Drug Administration, according to the New York Times.
Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the FDA’s commissioner, spoke on Wednesday about the effects the shutdown is having on the federal agency, and warned that they have been forced to stop their routine inspections of certain high-risk foods, including seafood, fruit, and vegetables. Meat and poultry is still being inspected by the agency, but those doing so are working without pay.
All overseas imports are still being inspected as well.
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