Skip to content
Artwork for CNN 5 Things
CNN 5 Things · Yesterday · 26 min

One Thing: Did Trump Cuts Slow the Cyclospora Outbreak Response?

This summer, a massive cyclospora outbreak and multiple major salmonella-related recalls have some Americans worried about getting sick and reconsidering whether to buy certain foods. Is there something wrong with our food safety apparatus? And did Trump administration cuts to the CDC and FDA have anything to do with it? For more: Trump’s funding cuts created ‘the perfect storm’ that slowed the government’s cyclosporiasis response --- Guest: Susan Mayne, former FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition director Host: David Rind Producer: Paola Ortiz Showrunner: Felicia Patinkin Editorial Support: Deidre McPhillips Photo By: Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe/Getty Images Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

0:00-26:55

transcript

No transcript — this publisher did not publish one.

show notes

This summer, a massive cyclospora outbreak and multiple major salmonella-related recalls have some Americans worried about getting sick and reconsidering whether to buy certain foods. Is there something wrong with our food safety apparatus? And did Trump administration cuts to the CDC and FDA have anything to do with it? 

For more: Trump’s funding cuts created ‘the perfect storm’ that slowed the government’s cyclosporiasis response 

--- 

Guest: Susan Mayne, former FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition director 

Host: David Rind 

Producer: Paola Ortiz 

Showrunner: Felicia Patinkin 

Editorial Support: Deidre McPhillips 

Photo By: Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe/Getty Images

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

links2