Food and Drug Administration

The process often starts with companies and consultants. It involves federal, state, and local regulators too. 

Some of the major DOGE cuts targeted administrative and communications staff at food safety agencies.

In this week’s newsletter, we’re looking at how states are reviving lawsuits to block mail-order abortion pills, the FTC’s new rule that promised to curtail fake consumer reviews, and we do the numbers on down payment assistance programs.

The FDA has approved a chicken product grown this way by California-based company Good Meat. It’s only the second company to get that agency’s green light.