WASHINGTON – The federal agency that’s been front and center in warning the public about tainted spinach and contaminated peanut butter is conducting just half the food safety inspections it did three years ago. … - By ANDREW BRIDGES and SETH BORENSTEIN The Associated Press

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal agency that’s been front and center in warning the public about tainted spinach and contaminated peanut butter is conducting just half the food safety inspections it did three years ago.

WASHINGTON Before eating your next meal, stop and consider this. An analysis of records by The Associated Press finds the Food and Drug Administration is doing about half the food safety inspections it did three years ago.

WASHINGTON Before eating your next meal, stop and consider this. An analysis of records by The Associated Press finds the Food and Drug Administration is doing about half…

WASHINGTON Before eating your next meal, stop and consider this. An analysis of records by The Associated Press finds the Food and Drug Administration is doing about half the food safety inspections it did three years ago.

WASHINGTON Before eating your next meal, stop and consider this. An analysis of records by The Associated Press finds the Food and Drug Administration is doing about half…

The U.N. World Food Program is concerned about 12 crewmen aboard its hijacked ship returning to Kenya from a food and equipment delivery to Somalia.

The federal agency that’s been front and center in warning the public about tainted spinach and contaminated peanut butter is conducting just half the food safety inspections it did three years ago.

Despite recent e-coli and salmonella outbreaks along with the increased concern over food-supply terrorism, the FDA has cut inspections by half the levels of three years ago. Is a “food safety crisis” on the horizon?