Trump’s administration delays the requirement for companies to monitor contaminated food

The Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday that it would delay a 30 -month requirement that food companies and grocery stores are rapidly detecting infected foods through the supply chain and pulling it from the shelves.

It is intended to “limit the disease and death transmitted by food”, the rule required companies and individuals to maintain better files to determine where food is cultivated, packaged, processed or manufactured. It will be in place in January 2026 as part of a land safety law passed in 2011 and promoted during the first term of President Trump.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Health Secretary, expressed interest in food safety in food, moving to ban food dyes and on Thursday debut in a public database where people can watch toxins in food. But other actions during the first months of Trump’s administration have underestimated efforts to tackle bacteria and other infectious substances in foods that have sick people. Management cuts included the closure of the work of a basic food safety committee and freezing costs on credit cards of scientists conducting routine tests to detect pathogens in food.

There have been several high -profile outbreaks in recent years, including cases last year connected to Deadly Listeria on Boar’s head meat and E. coli in onions at McDonald’s Quarter Pounders.

The postponement set alarms between certain defense organizations on Thursday.

“This decision is extremely disappointing and puts consumers at risk of getting sick of unsafe food because a small part of the industry has pushed the delay, despite the fact that it has 15 years to prepare,” said Brian Ronholm, director of food policy in consumer reports.

Many retailers have already taken the steps to comply with the rule. In addition, the commercial teams for the food industry have been pressured to delay the application of the rule in December, according to the Los Angeles Times.

In a letter to President Trump in December, food manufacturers and other corporate groups reported several regulations that said “strangling our economy”. They asked to be restored and delayed by the rule of food detection.

“This is a huge step back for food safety,” said Sarah Sorscher, Director of Regulatory Affairs at the Public Interest Science Center, a defense team. “What is so strange about it is this was a bilateral rule.”

Ms Sorscher said there is widespread support for the measure, as it will protect consumers and businesses, which could limit damage, damage to reputation and the cost of a food recall with a high -tech supply chain.