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FDA misses 2025 inspection target, GAO calls it unrealistic

8/14/2026

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) completed under 1,000 foreign inspections in 2025, below its 19,200-inspection target.
Government Accountability Office found the agency averaged 917 inspections FY2018-2023 and called the target unrealistic.
FDA deputy commissioner Stephen Ostroff said goal is impossible while Congress has not acted on the GAO recommendation February 2026.
CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) linked the outbreak to Taylor Farms de Mexico, last inspected in 2013.

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Story summary

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) completed under 1,000 foreign inspections in 2025, below its 19,200-inspection target.
Government Accountability Office found the agency averaged 917 inspections FY2018-2023 and called the target unrealistic.
FDA deputy commissioner Stephen Ostroff said goal is impossible while Congress has not acted on the GAO recommendation February 2026.
CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) linked the outbreak to Taylor Farms de Mexico, last inspected in 2013.