Amna Nawaz:

The Food and Drug Administration has announced that it stopped routine food safety inspections in many cases, including checking fruits, vegetables, some seafood and many other foods. That's a big part of food safety in this country.

However, nearly all inspectors at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees meat and poultry production, are still on the job, working without pay, and overseas inspections continue.

Sarah Sorscher is the deputy director of regulatory affairs at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a consumer advocacy organization focused on food safety and healthy eating.

And she joins me here now.

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