1. United States
2. Mich.
3. Letter

The suspension of milk quality testing at the FDA due to significant staff reductions raises serious concerns about safeguarding public health and ensuring food safety standards. Cutting funding and jobs for crucial programs like this endangers our ability to maintain proper quality control and promptly detect potential contamination issues in dairy products consumed by millions of Americans. We cannot afford to compromise food safety by hampering the FDA's capacity for rigorous monitoring and analysis. A fully staffed and well-resourced FDA dairy safety division is essential to prevent outbreaks, protect consumers, and uphold our nation's commitment to the highest standards. I urge you to take action to restore funding and personnel levels enabling robust milk quality testing and oversight at the FDA without further delay. We must have a safe food supply. This is literally a life and death situation. It’s frankly shocking that I even need to send a letter regarding this.