USDA Ends Contracts With USDA’s Union Food Safety Employees

By Luke Zarzecki / August 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM

The Safe Food Coalition is raising alarms after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) terminated union contracts with employees in its Food Safety and Inspection Service, coming as experts separately criticize FDA for shifting its focus away from food safety inspections to food ingredients.


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