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    scaredoftrumpwinning@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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    US FDA suspends food safety quality checks after staff cuts

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    US FDA suspends food safety quality checks after staff cuts

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    We just had this happen and NBC broke this about an outbreak from Nov 2024. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ecoli-bacteria-lettuce-outbreak-rcna200236 and you have the lead in baby food https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2025/04/15/target-recall-baby-food-lead/83105523007/

    Good luck everyone

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      When the FDA is abolished, will Kinder Surprise eggs be legal?

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        Sure, but we won’t be able to afford them because of the tarrifs…

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        If we are going back to member land, can we at least get that Heroin/Cannabis cough syrup, Benzedrine pills and cocaine throat lozenges over the counter again?

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          Best i can do is watered down vinegar and botulism.

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            “I’ll take it!”

            -RFK Jr.

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              At least you won’t have autism!

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          And wood dust in flour, plaster in milk, listeria, heavy metals in candy, lead sweetener, arsenic in paint…

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            Well yeah, but that’s a given now that imports are taxed 10 to 245% and the FDA has been defunded.

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