Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Milk inspections dropped in United States


The federal government has stopped testing milk qualify because the Trump administration fired too many employees in the Food and Drug Administration,

It is yet another blow to food safety programs. The troops led by Elon Musk got rid of 20,000 employees of the Department of Health and Human Services of which the Food and Drug Administration is a part.

Effective Monday, the agency suspended its proficiency testing program for Grade A milk and finished products, according to an email that a reporter has seen.

The testing program was suspended because FDA’s Moffett Center Proficiency Testing Laboratory, part of its division overseeing food safety, “is no longer able to provide laboratory support for proficiency testing and data analysis