This plan, shared by both a former and a current FDA official, has actually been a possibility for years under multiple administrations as a way to free up resources for higher-priority inspections.

However, the federal agency responded to these claims through an official spokesperson: “The assertion that the FDA is suspending routine food safety inspections is false. The FDA is actively ...

This plan, shared by both a former and a current FDA official, has actually been a possibility for years under multiple administrations as a way to free up resources for higher-priority inspections.

"There's so much work to go around. And us duplicating their work just doesn't make sense," a former FDA official who worked on the plans before leaving the agency and spoke on the condition of ...