Food Safety Warnings Stop Going Out After FDA Laid Off Staffers

The FDA’s public posting of warning letters from its food division stalled after the agency temporarily fired staff to review them, making the center overdue on notices that flag compliance violations in seafood, produce, and other foods.

At least a dozen letters warning companies on significant violations of federal requirements have been piling up at the agency’s Human Foods Program before they can be publicly posted on the Food and Drug Administration’s website, according to two sources at the FDA familiar with the matter.

Letters are first issued to companies, but the task to review and redact them before they’re ...