Maintaining the safety of our food 07:51. The Food and Drug Administration is drawing up plans that would end most of its routine food safety inspections work, multiple federal health officials ...

High-priority inspections that would likely remain under the FDA’s watch include visits to infant formula makers and inspections of foreign food facilities. The FDA already outsources some of ...

Annually, the FDA conducts about 12,000 inspections at U.S. manufacturers of food, medicine and other medical products. There are more than 100,000 food plants in the United States.

FDA Considers Scaling Back Inspections, Raising Questions About Food Safety. A federal pullback could shift oversight responsibilities to the states, with consumer groups expressing concern that ...

On Tuesday, he called the recently announced move a "key step" for the FDA as part of a "broader strategy" in order to "get foreign inspections back on track" after the COVID-19 pandemic for its ...

That projected move could free up resources to focus on higher-priority and foreign inspections. The FDA outsources some of the routine food inspections through contracts with 43 states and Puerto ...

FDA relies on states for 50% of food manufacturer inspection, 70% of animal food inspection and 90% of produce inspection. Retail, restaurant and grocery inspection are state responsibility.

While the US food supply is “generally considered safe,” and “FDA conducted thousands of routine surveillance food safety inspections of domestic and foreign food facilities” between 2018 ...

The FDA Has Plans To End Food Safety Inspections Grandbrothers - Getty Images First, it was Trader Joe’s tuna , then Lay’s potato chips , and a bunch of other recalls .

Layoffs at the FDA, USDA and CDC could erode the U.S. food safety system. Experts aren’t so worried about milk or chicken today; they’re concerned about the future.

Successful, industry-leading food manufacturers regularly use audits to identify potential risks and verify the effectiveness ...

The agency declined to quickly release documents that would identify drugs made at some of the most troubled foreign ...