The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended its quality control program for testing milk and dairy products due to staff reductions. This move comes after 20,000 employees were fired as part of President Trump’s plans to shrink the federal workforce. The program was previously expected to continue despite HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s assurance that food safety inspectors would remain unaffected. Instead, the FDA has begun hiring contractors to replace some lost staff. This is the latest in a series of suspensions by the agency, including those for bird flu testing and Cyclospora pathogen detection. The Trump administration’s plans have resulted in billions of dollars being cut from the health department.
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