Enforcement of food and drug safety regulations nosedive under Trump

[DonViejo]

Source: The Guardian


Number of ‘warning letters’ sent by FDA has fallen by 33% compared with the most recent equivalent period under Obama

Emily Holden in Washington

Tue 2 Jul 2019 08.00 EDT Last modified on Tue 2 Jul 2019 08.01 EDT

The US regulator of food and drug safety has seen steep declines in several markers of enforcement under the Trump administration, according to a new analysis in the journal Science.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sends “warning letters” for tainted food, improperly advertised dietary supplements or even violations of human subjects’ protections in clinical trials.

The number of letters issued has fallen by 33% under Donald Trump, compared with the most recent equivalent period under the Obama administration. They fell from 1,532 under Obama to 1,033 under Trump, according to the analysis published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

“They’re a very serious and central part of how the FDA manages compliance and enforcement … it basically is an expectation that corrections will be made and made rapidly,” said the investigation’s author, Charles Piller.




Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/02/enforcement-food-drug-safety-regulations-trump

[Brainfodder]

1. There feels like an uptick in meat and other food recalls lately?

[Ilsa]

2. Trump wants to kill off a big portion of the

World's population.

The USDA's research division has found that the higher CO2 levels cause rice go have less protein content, and other food staples for us and feedstocks for animals are less nutritious as well.