Episode Details

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 

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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

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