Experts on food safety warn that cutbacks under the Trump administration might threaten the nation's food supply. With less funding to engage in quality control and inspection, many fear that there will be an increase in airborne diseases such as salmonella.
Despite many federal assurances that front-line inspectors are to remain unaffected, internal sources reviewed by the author show inspectors were eligible for early-retirement offers and that routine inspections and outbreak alerts may have been delayed or scaled back. They have many sources such as Paula Soldner that claim that the cutbacks will harm the ability to regulate food in America.
The article also highlights that key federal labs were closed or consolidated along with state and local inspection responsibilities have increased without always being matched by resources.
