The FDA this month also suspended existing and developing programs that ensured accurate testing for bird flu in milk and cheese and pathogens.

Along with regulating consumer products, including pet food, the FDA provides approvals for vaccines and tests that are critical to the federal bird flu response ... respond to issues in real ...

The testing center that oversees food safety says it "is no longer able to provide laboratory support for proficiency testing ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is suspending efforts to improve its bird flu testing of milk, cheese and pet food due ...

Multiple FDA labs were cut amid Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s layoffs this week.

Federal regulators were responsible for recalling pet food contaminated with bird flu, which killed household cats.

New York: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is suspending efforts to improve its bird flu testing of milk, cheese and pet food due to massive staff cuts at the agency, according to an email ...

The suspension of the milk testing program is part of a broader trend of disruptions to the nation’s food safety infrastructure. The FDA has also halted existing and developing programs aimed at ...

He covers federal public health agencies. Some of the Food and Drug Administration's efforts to support testing for the ongoing bird flu outbreak have been disrupted due to steep layoffs at the ...