RFKJr ran for his position on “food safety” or so I’ve heard. Republicans are bent on cutting funding to local health departments, and now they’re floating in press ending routine food inspections.
FDA making plans to end its routine food safety inspections, sources say healthwatch By Edited By Paula Cohen Updated on: April 17, 2025 / 7:05 PM EDT / CBS News 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 plans have not been finalized and might need congressional action to fully fund, said the officials, who were not authorized to speak publicly. Andrew Nixon, a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services, denied that the FDA was making plans to do this.
My letter to reps:
Nobody wants an end to food safety inspections. I don’t remember anyone campaigning for election on the platform of ending food safety monitoring. If they did, they’d probably lose, because everyone I know wants a safe food supply. What are you doing to make sure food isn’t contaminated or otherwise spoiled?
Please feel free to copy or repurpose for your own letters to reps.