Summer of Food Recalls Exposes Holes in Safety Net

Summer of food recalls exposes holes in safety net

Jalapenos. Frozen berries. Beef.

Summer of recalls exposes holes in food safety net

Jalapenos. Frozen berries. Beef. Alfalfa sprouts.

A Summer of Recalls Exposes Holes in the Nation’s Food Safety Net

A wave of food recalls and a major foodborne illness outbreak are raising concerns about gaps in the nation’s food safety system, including the impact of cuts to public health agencies and their ability to monitor and respond to threats.

Who decides what is safe to eat: The cyclosporiasis outbreak and the failure of American food safety

The largest cyclosporiasis outbreak in US history has spread through 48 states without a source being named. A century after the Pure Food and Drug Act, the apparatus built to answer such questions is being dismantled.

Cyclospora outbreaks expose a U.S. food safety system that’s been crumbling for decades—and Musk’s DOGE cuts are ‘only going to make that worse’

“None of this is efficiency,” one food safety expert said of DOGE’s government personnel and research cuts. "This is all whatever the opposite of efficiency is.”

Cyclosporiasis Outbreak Puts Food Safety Cuts Under Scrutiny

This summer’s cyclosporiasis outbreak is exposing vulnerabilities in the U.S. food safety and public health system, already weakened by staffing