FDA says most food inspections halted amid shutdown
Source: The Hill
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it has suspended all routine domestic food facility inspections amid the partial government shutdown.
The agency, which oversees the majority of the country's food supply, typically conducts roughly 160 routine inspections per week, the Post reported.
Investigators during these routine checks typically look for unclean conditions, bug infestations and harmful contaminations.
“We are doing what we can to mitigate any risk to consumers through the shutdown,” FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/424562-fda-says-most-food-inspections-have-been-halted-amid-shutdown
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right? 
More people will die from e coli, botulism, salmonella etc. soon, very soon, because these companies will see this as a vacation from regulation. 
