US law to investigate foodborne illness outbreaks has been delayed for 15 years
- Congress passed a law to help federal agencies investigate outbreaks of foodborne illness – a regulation experts said could have stopped the US’s largest cyclosporiasis outbreak much sooner.
- The rule has been delayed – for 15 years, including most recently amid lobbying in 2025.
- It was set to go into effect in January 2026, months before the single-celled parasite sickened more than 24,000 people and killed two in the midwest.
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- Congress passed a law to help federal agencies investigate outbreaks of foodborne illness – a regulation experts said could have stopped the US’s largest cyclosporiasis outbreak much sooner.
- The rule has been delayed – for 15 years, including most recently amid lobbying in 2025.
- It was set to go into effect in January 2026, months before the single-celled parasite sickened more than 24,000 people and killed two in the midwest.
Sources: Guardian