“Without the input of these committees, we have little confidence that the food safety policies at USDA and FDA will, in fact, Make America Healthy Again,” she added
The elimination of the panels, whose members included experts from academia, industry and nonprofits, has raised alarms among some food-safety advocates, who point to large-scale outbreaks in recent years as a reason for needing even more attention and modern science around the issue.
The groups that the U.S. Department of Agriculture eliminated last week, the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) and the National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI), served to “ensure that federal food safety oversight is science-based and informed by a broad range of stakeholders,” Sandra Eskin, CEO of the advocacy group Stop Foodborne Illness, said in a statement. “Without the input of these committees, we have little confidence that the food safety policies at USDA and FDA will, in fact, Make America Healthy Again,” she added, citing the refrain that the Trump administration has used to describe its public health agenda
Members were surprised that the panel had not just been put on pause but disbanded altogether, he said, meaning the work that members had been preparing the last year and a half might not see the light of day. “Maybe it will be sent to an archive somewhere,” he said.
The USDA has not announced the move, and an email seeking comment was not answered.
By way of Washington Post, [Reuters][(](https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/usda-eliminates-two-food-safety-advisory-committees-members-say-2025-03-07/))