Produce Tests for Pathogens Ended by U.S. as Safety Questioned
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Sample testing of produce for salmonella and other pathogens by U.S. regulators has stopped, angering food-safety advocates who said the program that protected public health was undercut by industry lobbyists.
Produce sampling ended Nov. 9 and testing of food already collected will continue, Jim Brownlee, a spokesman at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees the program, said in an e-mail. The program will finish Dec. 31.