The FDA Is Suspending Inspections Due to COVID-19: Is Our Food at Risk?

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The COVID-19 outbreak has caused difficulties for everyone, and the (FDA) is no exception. Here's what that could mean for your food.

) are all as necessary as ever during a pandemic, and the FDA’s recent press announcements show just how much the agency is juggling—everything from facilitating access to ventilators to helping with veterinary telemedicine.

“I want to assure the American public that we have full confidence in the safety and quality of the products we all use every day and that the FDA will continue to leverage all available authorities to continue to ensure the integrity of the products we regulate,” wrote FDA Commissioner Stephen M. Hahn.

, about 77 percent of our food supply is regulated by the FDA—pretty much “everything we eat except for meat, poultry, and some egg products,” as the agency puts it. So does this mean more problems will slip through the cracks?

 

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