Source for the graph: https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts
same graph, year by year
The FDA has cut “3,859 staffers in fiscal year 2025 and an additional 473 in fiscal year 2026” in food safety. This suggests an undercount of incidents after the cuts.
https://www.verifoods.com/blog/fda-workforce-cuts-food-safety-crisis
I understand the argument for 2025 onward, but what caused that initial massive increase in 2024?
Yeah, it shows a trend, but why did it start in 2024.makes me wonder if it’s tied to the affordability crisis or supply chain issues but being compounded by Trump/Republicans attack on the federal government.
Well, yes it does, but I’m not sure what story exactly. It’s certainly not the easy “Trump did it” that we would - with good reason and precedent - usually assume. Seems like he actually inherited this one.
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