Ep. 208: Reviewing 2025—A Year of Change for Food Safety Policy

In this episode of Food Safety Matters, we discuss the top food safety stories of 2025 and their implications. We cover:

The Trump Administration's impact on federal agencies overseeing food safety [7:52] :

• FDA, CDC Ordered to Temporarily Pause All External Communications, Obtain Trump Admin Approval
• RFK Jr. Confirmed as HHS Secretary; Widespread Firings Coming to FDA, CDC
• USDA Inspector General Phyllis Fong Dismissed by Trump Administration
• Brooke Rollins Confirmed as Secretary of Agriculture, Cites 'Aggressive Plan' to Eliminate USDA Jobs
• FDA Leader Jim Jones Resigns After 89 'Indiscriminate' Firings in Human Foods Program
• Attorney Kyle Diamantas Expected to Replace Jim Jones as FDA Deputy Commissioner of Human Foods
• FDA Spending Freeze Leaves Staffers Feeling 'Dangerously Unprepared' for Next Foodborne Illness Outbreak
• Federal Workforce Data Reveal Impact of Trump Admin RIFs on USDA Food Safety Expertise
• More Than 15,000 USDA Employees Take Trump Administration's Resignation Offer  
• FDA Suspends Milk Quality Testing Amid Health and Human Services Cuts
• Entire Departments of CDC Outbreak Experts Fired, Rehired During Shutdown RIFs
• FDA Reportedly Reinstating Some Fired Food Safety Scientists, Inspection Support Staff
• Government Shutdown Affects Food Safety: HHS Furloughs Employees, FDA Pauses CORE Investigation Table
• Ep. 196. Dr. Lane Highbarger: How the FDA Workforce Cuts May Impact Food Safety
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