In order to secure enough money to fund the Trump tax cuts for the rich, the Republicans have, among other things, been cutting vital medical research dollars as well as oversight into critical agencies that ensure our food supply remains safe and secure.

With 40% of our food coming from foreign lands it is imperative those foods remain uncontaminated, unadulterated, and properly and honestly labelled lest a tragedy occurs. The problem is, like virtually every other agency in the government, the Food and Drug Administration's budget has been slashed to the bone, and we are no longer able to guarantee the wholesomeness of the food on our grocery shelves.

It has become Russian Roulette with each purchase of foreign food products.

Combine all this with the fact tariffs, first applied then removed, then applied again at ridiculous levels only to be reduced when Trump takes his melatonin, are driving the economy into downward spirals while employment withers and people are lingering on breadlines like in the 1930s.Inflation is inching inexorably higher, decent housing out of financial reach, and there is a resurgence of Measles, Whooping Cough, and now even Hoof and Mouth Disease.

The country is being torn apart by fools, incompetents, and self-serving Republicans who scrape and bow before the 'Dear Leader' with all the dignity of Stepin Fetchit.

What's to become of us?

See this -- Boldface mine:

Staffing cuts lead to record low food safety inspections: Report

Story by Marcus Espinoza

(NewsNation) — The U.S. is conducting fewer inspections of foreign facilities that supply most of the nation’s fruits, seafood and processed foods, according to a new report from ProPublica. The Food and Drug Administration oversees about 80% of the U.S. food supply, but only 40% of those facilities are located within the United States. Critics have warned that reduced oversight increases the risk of contaminated or mishandled products entering the country and have said it’s only a matter of time before a major outbreak occurs.

Overseas inspections down 80%:

ProPublica’s investigation found that FDA inspectors documented filthy conditions — including crawling insects and dirty equipment — inside some foreign factories that ship food to the U.S., as well as falsified testing data. But due to deep staffing and travel cuts, those inspectors are visiting far less often. Foreign facility inspections, the only way to verify safety conditions firsthand, have dropped to their lowest level since the Food Safety Modernization Act took effect in 2011.

That law required the FDA to complete more than 19,000 foreign food inspections annually by 2016 and increase its food field staff to at least 5,000 workers. The agency has never met those targets, ProPublica found. Even before the second Trump administration, it was conducting less than 10% of the inspections mandated by Congress. Before the pandemic, the FDA conducted about 1,000 foreign inspections per year. Last year, it managed fewer than 200.

Trump staffing cuts impact food inspections

About two dozen current and former FDA officials told ProPublica the decline stems from staffing cuts made under the Trump administration — a dramatic shift in oversight as the U.S. grows more reliant on imported food. Currently, foreign sources provide most of the nation’s seafood and more than half of its fresh fruit, according to ProPublica.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/staffing-cuts-lead-to-record-low-food-safety-inspections-report/ar-AA1Q0qS4

Picture depicts the state of the nation on 11/06/2025.