US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts

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Could changes at the FDA call the kosher status of milk into question? Many are asking.

(JTA) — As soon as news broke this week that the Food and Drug Administration was suspending federal testing of commercially produced milk, the Orthodox Union’s hotline lit up. The flood of inquiries was “off the hook … crazy: emails, calls, WhatsApp, everything,” said Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer, chair of the dairy committee at O.U. Kosher, the most recognizable kosher certifier in the United States. The callers were all anxious about the potential …

Could changes at the FDA call the kosher status of milk into question? Many are asking. - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

As soon as news broke this week that the Food and Drug Administration was suspending federal testing of commercially produced milk, the Orthodox Union’s hotline lit up. The flood of inquiries was “off the hook … crazy: emails, calls, WhatsApp, everything,” said Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer, chair of the dairy committee at O.U. Kosher, the most recognizable kosher certifier in the United States. The callers were all anxious about the potential implicat…

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U.S. Food and Drug Administration Suspends Milk Quality Testing Despite Avian Flu Concerns

Amid President Donald Trump's goal of massive governmental layoffs and the advocacy of those around him for raw milk, the FDA will halt milk testing.

Black Health Jeopardized as FDA Scraps Milk Oversight

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The move comes on the heels of the shuttering of the FDA’s Moffett Center Proficiency Testing Laboratory, which had overseen food safety data analysis for dairy products nationwide.