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Former top US food safety official says Trump’s handling of cyclospora is ‘catastrophic’
Frank Yiannas, a former FDA official, criticized Donald Trump's handling of the cyclospora outbreak as 'catastrophic' and called for an independent review of the federal response to the illness causing explosive diarrhea. Yiannas, who worked at the FDA from 2018 to 2023, argued for an investigation into the government's management of the parasite outbreak linked to raw produce.
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