Source for the graph: https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts
same graph, year by year
The FDA has cut “3,859 staffers in fiscal year 2025 and an additional 473 in fiscal year 2026” in food safety. This suggests an undercount of incidents after the cuts.
https://www.verifoods.com/blog/fda-workforce-cuts-food-safety-crisis
Well, yes it does, but I’m not sure what story exactly. It’s certainly not the easy “Trump did it” that we would - with good reason and precedent - usually assume. Seems like he actually inherited this one.