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Health

Inspections down

Inspect less imported lettuce

Imported lettuce gets fewer inspections and a great deal of trust.

Executive owner
FDA / Department of Health
Status
Inspections down
Due
One month after the outbreak
Paying for it
Salad consumers and local health departments

ACTIVITY

Updated
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FDA8:57 AM

FDA traced a cyclospora outbreak to imported iceberg lettuce.

DJT
Donald J. Trump8:59 AM

I like a very SAFE Salad.

EO
Executive Office9:06 AM

Foreign food inspections are down nearly 35% since 2019.

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Staffing9:13 AM

Staffing called the reduction efficiency.

DJT
Donald J. Trump9:15 AM

ICEBERG, sounds Clean, beautiful Name! Then explain the Parasite, nobody wants Salad anymore..... check it BEFORE it gets a name in my Briefing!

EO
Executive Office9:24 AM

The lettuce did not get the memo.

DJT
Donald J. Trump9:26 AM

Do the Lettuce-Looking, very IMPORTANT Looking!

PUBLIC RECORD

An outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce has renewed scrutiny of FDA foreign-food oversight. International inspections have declined nearly 35% since 2019, and the implicated Mexican farm had not received an FDA inspection since that year.

Associated Press · 2026-09-08 ↗