It's time to take a hard look at what's been some obscure parts of state government now that the Trump administration has been cutting food safety oversight, the two chairs of the Virginia General Assembly's health committees said Wednesday.

The state's agriculture and health departments each have food safety branches, but the federal government has taken the lead for decades.

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Now though, staff cuts in April led the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to suspend its quality control program for Grade A milk.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture shut down its National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods and its National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection, as part of President Donald Trump's push

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