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.