Thousands became sick before investigators reached a major lettuce supply chain. Congress must determine whether delayed traceability and strained public-health capacity slowed the response.
This serious problem could have been avoided, or at least mitigate greatly if the relevant agencies had the manpower and resources to do the job. You cannot operate efficiently with a skeleton crew and very limited funding. The Fapweasel (Trump) is a cheapskate and an idiot!
No surprise as to the lack of notice regarding Cyclospora. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., carried out a reduction-in-force targeting nearly 3,500 FDA employees — roughly 20% of the agency’s workforce. The exodus of administrative, policy, technical support, laboratory, and communications staff has caused a ripple effect of disruption and dysfunction. Nearly all of the scientists at food safety laboratories run by the FDA in the San Francisco and Chicago areas received layoff notices in April, according to four laid-off chemists and microbiologists quoted by CBS News. I could go on but there is no need.
This serious problem could have been avoided, or at least mitigate greatly if the relevant agencies had the manpower and resources to do the job. You cannot operate efficiently with a skeleton crew and very limited funding. The Fapweasel (Trump) is a cheapskate and an idiot!
Thank MAGA for cutting essential personnel with experience in science and safety! Vote blue 🗳 in November
No surprise as to the lack of notice regarding Cyclospora. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., carried out a reduction-in-force targeting nearly 3,500 FDA employees — roughly 20% of the agency’s workforce. The exodus of administrative, policy, technical support, laboratory, and communications staff has caused a ripple effect of disruption and dysfunction. Nearly all of the scientists at food safety laboratories run by the FDA in the San Francisco and Chicago areas received layoff notices in April, according to four laid-off chemists and microbiologists quoted by CBS News. I could go on but there is no need.