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Aug 21, 2026 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scaled back foodborne illness surveillance from eight pathogens to two Corroborated Information, Memory and Manipulation
Reduced federal disease-tracking capacity degraded the nation's ability to detect and respond to public health threats, contributing to a documented outbreak.
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- CDC scaled back foodborne disease surveillance from eight pathogens to two — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scaled back the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) from tracking all eight pathogens to tracking only two pathogens.
- Federal funding cuts reduced food safety inspection capacity by more than 40 percent — Federal funding cuts scaled back the ability of federal agencies to conduct food inspections and provide grants to state and local health departments, reducing food safety detection systems by more than 40 percent.
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Aug 17, 2026 Various federal agencies conducted routine regulatory actions including pesticide tolerances, food additive approvals, medical device reclassification, and information collection reviews Tier 1 · Primary Economic Structure
A large volume of ordinary administrative rulemaking continued across agencies, reflecting the baseline machinery of federal regulatory governance.
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- EPA establishes exemption from pesticide tolerance requirement for calcium carbonate — The Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule establishing an exemption from the requirement of a pesticide tolerance for residues of calcium carbonate (CAS # 471-34-1) in or on all food commodities when used
- FCC submits information collection for emergency OMB review on TTY-to-RTT transition requirements — The Federal Communications Commission submitted an information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget for emergency 35-day review and approval.
- FDA announces proposed information collection on Investigational New Drug Application requirements for OMB review — The Food and Drug Administration published a notice announcing submission of a proposed information collection to the Office of Management and Budget for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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Week 83 – 2026-08-15–2026-08-21
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