The FDA Conducted Just 5% of the Foreign Food Inspections It Was Supposed to Last Year

Plenty of Americans spent this past summer on the toilet thanks to the so-called diarrhea lettuce outbreak that sickened tens of thousands, hospitalized at least 570 and killed two people. The cyclosporiasis outbreak was linked to iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms at a facility in Mexico that was last inspected seven years ago, according to a damning new report from the Washington Post.

The FDA is tasked with conducting inspections of foreign facilities to ensure that the food being imported…