The FDA faces disruptions in its bird flu testing efforts due to large-scale layoffs orchestrated by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Approximately 3,500 FDA employees have been let go, impacting critical programs aimed at food safety and animal health. A key planned exercise to test virus detection in milk across 40 laboratories has been suspended, raising concerns over the reliability of laboratory methods amid ongoing health challenges, including food safety and animal health management.
The overhaul is about realigning HHS with its core mission: to stop the chronic disease epidemic and Make America Healthy Again.
Significant Reductions In Force (RIF) at FDA's Human Food Program caused immediate and significant impact on the Veterinary Laboratory Investigation and Response Network.
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