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- USDA will move about two-thirds of the Food Safety and Inspection Service’s Washington, D.C. staff to Iowa and Georgia, creating its largest office outside the capital in Urbandale, Iowa.
- Frontline inspectors, who comprise 85 % of FSIS staff, will stay in place and are not affected by the relocations.
- Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden told senators employee refusals will likely fall because the Washington, D.C. job market has weakened.
