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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Madeline Sherratt

FDA pauses milk quality tests amid Trump workforce cuts

The Food and Drug Administration is halting a quality control program used to test drinking milk following President Trump’s federal workforce cuts.

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.

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