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MineralMan

(151,219 posts) Wed Jan 25, 2017, 04:40 PM Jan 2017

Trouble Brewing at FDA?

The last Press Release on the FDA website was on January 19, 2017.

No new releases have been posted since the inauguration.

http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/default.htm

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Trouble Brewing at FDA? (Original Post) MineralMan Jan 2017 OP

The reason you rarely get food poisoning anymore is USDA and FDA and Eliot Rosewater Jan 2017 #1

All federal agencies have a page on their website where MineralMan Jan 2017 #2

They are probably very undermanned with no of few appointed positions to lead them. Trump fired all northoftheborder Jan 2017 #3

Eliot Rosewater

(34,285 posts)

1. The reason you rarely get food poisoning anymore is USDA and FDA and

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Wed Jan 25, 2017, 04:44 PM

Jan 2017

an aggressive and strong system of regulation AND the ability to SUE when harmed by a product.

Watch for the trumpsters and GOP to get rid of both of those.

MineralMan

(151,219 posts)

2. All federal agencies have a page on their website where

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 25, 2017, 04:47 PM

Jan 2017

press releases are posted. None are posted there after the inauguration. The same thing is true at the Department of Energy's website.

I'm going to go looking at other federal agency websites, to see just how deeply Trump has gotten into gagging them.

northoftheborder

(7,637 posts)

3. They are probably very undermanned with no of few appointed positions to lead them. Trump fired all