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Foreign food safety inspections hit historic low after Trump cuts

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By Annie Waldman Verified, Brandon Roberts ProPublica
| Corbin Times-Tribune Verified
American inspections of foreign food facilities — which produce everything from crawfish to cookies for the U.S. market — have plummeted to historic lows this year, a ProPublica analysis of federal data shows, even as inspections reveal alarming conditions at some manufacturers. About two dozen current and former Food and Drug Administration officials blame the pullback on deep staffing cuts under the Trump administration.
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The raw milkman

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By Annie Waldman Verified
| Inkl
“I’m a hugger,” he said, pulling me in anyway. “I feel like I’ve known you for a lifetime.” I had spent the past couple of weeks corresponding with Raw Farm founder Mark McAfee, who’d filled my inbox with messages and PowerPoints extolling the virtues of his most important, and controversial, product: It makes you feel good (the gut-brain serotonin and dopamine cycle). It’s great for asthma and literally saves lives.
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He profits off raw milk that’s making people sick. The government isn’t stopping him

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By Annie Waldman Verified
| Salon Verified
A white Ford pickup truck broke through a thick curtain of fog one morning in February, winding its way down a muddy farm road in California’s Central Valley. From it emerged a 64-year-old dairyman, burly and tan, who left the engine running as he lumbered toward me with open arms. “You must be Mark,” I said, warning him I wasn’t one for hugging. “I’m a hugger,” he said, pulling me in anyway.
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