{"id":1408,"date":"2019-01-14T07:17:19","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T13:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/safefoodtraining.com\/minnesota\/?p=1408"},"modified":"2019-01-11T09:09:43","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T15:09:43","slug":"how-the-government-shutdown-creates-food-safety-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minnesota.safefoodtraining.com\/2026\/safe-food-training-mn\/how-the-government-shutdown-creates-food-safety-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Government Shutdown Creates Food Safety Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been one of the biggest news stories of the past couple of weeks. The government has been shut down while the President and Congress try to hammer out a budget deal. As a result of this shutdown, thousands of government employees have been furloughed and certain agencies no longer have the funding to operate. At Food Safety Training, we usually keep our noses out of politics, but in this case, the shutdown has created challenges to keeping the food we serve safe.<\/p>\n

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Food Safety Challenges During a Government Shutdown<\/h3>\n

According to several reports, the FDA has lost funding due to the current shutdown<\/a>. This means that many of the routine inspections that occur on a daily basis have ceased, and products from uninspected facilities are making their way onto grocery shelves and into the food supply used by restaurants and other industrial kitchens.<\/p>\n

The FDA employs in the neighborhood of 5,000 inspectors and runs nearly 160 inspections per month. Those are inspections that are currently not happening. So what can certified food managers do to ensure their product is safe?<\/p>\n