US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts

[IM2]

And Harris was the weak candidate. The people who voted Trump because they wanted to see certain people suffering are now probably going to see family members get sick and die because of their choice of Trump. Some of them may end up as victims. So you would rather drink contaminated milk and eat contaminated meat just as long as a trans woman doesn't play on the women's volleyball team.

We would have been better off with Harris.

US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts

The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for testing of fluid milk and other dairy products due to reduced capacity in its food safety and nutrition division, according to an internal email seen by Reuters.

The suspension is another disruption to the nation's food safety programs after the termination and departure of 20,000 employees of the Department of Health and Human Services, which includes the FDA, as part of President Donald Trump's effort to shrink the federal workforce.

The FDA this month also suspended existing and developing programs that ensured accurate testing for bird flu in milk and cheese and pathogens like the parasite Cyclospora in other food products.

Effective Monday, the agency suspended its proficiency testing program for Grade "A" raw milk and finished products, according to the email sent in the morning from the FDA's Division of Dairy Safety and addressed to "Network Laboratories."

Grade "A" milk, or fluid milk, meets the highest sanitary standards.

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," the email said.

MSN

 

[excalibur]

Most milk is tested by state agencies.


Yes, milk is primarily regulated and inspected at the state level in the United States. While the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plays a role, especially in interstate commerce, many state-level regulations and inspections ensure milk safety, according to CBS News.

 

[egp320i]

oh no my 2% milk is really whole milk.........I might just die!

 

[IM2]

oh no my 2% milk is really whole milk.........I might just die!

In a year, your whole milk might be contaminated because it has not been checked. Crack a joke about it then.

 

[egp320i]

In a year, your whole milk might be contaminated because it has not been checked. Crack a joke about it then.

right because millions of people getting sick from bad milk is a good thing? this is wild speculation at best but go on and fear monger, your milk is not safe in 2025 and.........its all the bad orange man's fault........of course

 

[Doc7505]

Most milk is tested by state agencies.


Yes, milk is primarily regulated and inspected at the state level in the United States. While the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plays a role, especially in interstate commerce, many state-level regulations and inspections ensure milk safety, according to CBS News.

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Maybe IM2 should take a tour through a dairy one of these days. From the milking stations to the vat that holds the raw milk.
Cow utter teats are wiped with antiseptic before and after milking. All the piping to the vat is taken down washed with hot water and steam cleaned after milking. The temperature of the milk bulk tank is maintained at 37-38 Degrees Fahrenheit, The milking parlor is also cleaned and scrubbed..
That doesn't include the fact that milking is done twice a day and the cow must be fed and watered. Then there's calving as well. Making sure there's enough hay and feed for winter when the cows are barned.
Dairy farming is a 24 hour a day job.
It is labor intensive.
Then if the farmer is lucky he'll get about $1.25/gallon for the milk from the pasteurizer/processor-distributor .

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