US FDA suspends food safety quality checks after staff cuts
reuters.com
We just had this happen and NBC broke this about an outbreak from Nov 2024. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ecoli-bacteria-lettuce-outbreak-rcna200236 and you have the lead in baby food https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2025/04/15/target-recall-baby-food-lead/83105523007/
Good luck everyone
A whole bunch of libertarians are about to find out what the unregulated "free market" for food is like.
And when they get sick and/or die, someone make sure that they know its their own fault for not doing enough research before eating.
They knew this over a hundred years ago when Upton Sinclair reported on it and motivated the government to found the FDA. It made everyone more disgusted about what was in their food rather than the cost of human misery workers paid to produce it. Why do people forget the lessons of the past?
Why do people forget the lessons of the past?
All the people that would normally slap them upside their head die off.
Because they’re not taught history, or they just don’t care.
A lot of those types don't forget. They just think that now that the issue is gone(even when it isn't) the organizations are "government overreach" now.
And that it'll be idiots who die from not being safe etc not them
If people don't see the direct benefit of something in their everyday lives, it's easy to convince them they don't need it.
I'm sure every one of them has a home chem lab and is an expert on infectious organisms
This isnt good for anybody, wtf.
It's good for shady meat producers who were already doing disgusting crap before. Don't eat pork for sure.
... what are we supposed to fucking do? I can stop eating meat but it's not like I can stop eating altogether. Am I just going to get food poisoning a few times over the course of this nightmare administration? Do I have to wait 4 fucking years to enjoy eating without worrying about getting sick?
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.
I worked in an industrial bakery for a while and was so mortified by the cleanliness and safety conditions that I basically only ate fresh vegetables & fruits and dry beans for several months because I was so worried about eating anything that had been under a factory roof
Was it good for my dietary health? Probably, but I spent a ridiculous amount of time on cooking and food prep and neglected other areas of my life to make up for it.
Everything sucks.
Actual answer is that many brands will still uphold a level of quality. The decay and race downward is not immediate, even though the ramifications will be long felt, so you will be mostly safe for the next 4 years from food poisoning. Just don't try the lowest quality brands after a year if we stay on this course...
When the FDA is abolished, will Kinder Surprise eggs be legal?
Sure, but we won't be able to afford them because of the tarrifs....
If we are going back to member land, can we at least get that Heroin/Cannabis cough syrup, Benzedrine pills and cocaine throat lozenges over the counter again?
I gotta grow my own food now. It is time to break out the off-grid post-apocalyptic survival books for me, I guess. Can't be too hard, rightttttt!?
Oh, wow. That is unsettling.
Just grow an acre or two of wheat and corn on your balcony.
And yet the US wants Europe to eat the shit food from the US. This must be a great advertisement for that.
Fuuuuuuck everything about this country
Preach. We're pathetic losers.
I don't belive the headline is accurate, based on my reading of the article.
It looks line they area going to continue reading the food for safety. What they have stopped doing is making sure the tests are run properly.
I'm not suggesting that this is a noteworthy improvement, nor am I 100% sure my reading is correct. But I prefer the accurate information to the inaccurate.
What the utter fuck.
The FDA was already fucking worthless. I got severe food poisoning from some grocery store pre-boiled eggs some years ago, and when I asked them to look into it to prevent other people getting sick, they just connected me with the grocery store lawyers who were just useless and defensive.
You should've called your state or local dept of health, they have direct oversight of in-store prepared products.
I've ended up in the ER with food poisoning twice in my life. Had to call the ambulance both times, worst $3k sandwich of my life. It's terrible.
That's textbook anecdotal evidence...
Yeah, that's fair.
Who had The Jungle, Part 2 on their 2025 Bingo card?
He was big on massive deregulation in favour of the industry oligarchs in his previous administration as well. So this one was kinda easy to predict.
Fucking yikes
Trump is Jonestowning the entire country.