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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"During the shutdown, the FDA will have to cease most of its food-safety operations ..."
What could possibly go wrong? We don't need to monitor imported food when the "free hand of the market" is doing it for us.
Reince's Ignorance
http://cognidissidence.blogspot.com/2013/10/reinces-ignorance.html
It would be really nice if we could continue monitoring food safety in the US:
During the shutdown, the Food and Drug Administration will have to cease most of its food-safety operations. That includes "routine establishment inspections, some compliance and enforcement activities, monitoring of imports, notification programs (e.g., food contact substances, infant formula), and the majority of the laboratory research necessary to inform public health decision-making."
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"During the shutdown, the FDA will have to cease most of its food-safety operations ..." (Original Post)
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Oct 2013
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Berlum
(7,044 posts)1. "Eat shit and die, you Americans you. Smirk. Sneer. Smirk." - RepubliBaggers (R)
BumRushDaShow
(129,447 posts)2. Yes.
And there are a trickle of folks left to monitor all the import entries coming into the country (to release or detain) while the rest sit home. Generally the only ones "working" are those funded by all the User Fees (PDUFA, GDUFA, MDUFA, FSMA, etc) that now make up half of the agency's budget.
Berlum
(7,044 posts)3. USDA is also out of the loop now
Thanks a putrid pantload, you irresponsible, ill-willed, FAIL-filled RepubliWankers Against America (R).