FDA Plans To Cease Routine Food Safety Inspections

CBS News reports:

The Food and Drug Administration is drawing up plans that would end most of its routine food safety inspections work, multiple federal health officials tell CBS News, and effectively outsource this oversight to state and local authorities.

The FDA is ultimately responsible for the safety of much of the U.S. food supply that’s distributed over state lines, like packaged products, seafood, eggs and produce. Some kinds of meat are regulated by a different agency inside the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

In addition to routine inspections, the FDA also does other kinds of inspections in response to issues, like a visit to a Colorado onion processor last year linked to the McDonald’s Quarter Pounders outbreak that turned up dozens of violations.

Read the full article. Earlier today it was reported that that the CDC will cease collecting consumer safety data on food-borne illnesses, car accidents, workplace injuries, and incidents involving faulty products.

this is good. noneating taxpayers shouldn’t be forced to subsidize the safety of those who do. https://t.co/OlTsGpyQSl

— catturd2.bsky.social (@thetomzone) April 17, 2025