WASHINGTON — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has abandoned plans to close field laboratories that some said were vital to protecting the nation's food supply from contamination.
The FDA had proposed closing seven of its 13 labs around the country to streamline operations. Read that story here.
Lawmakers had criticized the idea, saying it would hurt an already understaffed effort to identify contaminated food.
"To assure our success and allow additional time to gather input, I am canceling plans for the rollout of all changes to our organizational structure," FDA Associate Commissioner for Regulatory Affairs Margaret Glavin said in an e-mail to colleagues about the food labs.
Read the full Reuters story here.
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