Trump's CDC Stopped Monitoring Explosive Diarrhea Parasite Before Outbreak [View all]
Source: Newsweek
Published Jul 10, 2026 at 08:17 AM EDT updated Jul 10, 2026 at 09:40 AM EDT
The Trump administration’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) scaled back a federal-state partnership that monitors foodborne illnesses, including cyclospora, a year before several states began reporting an outbreak of cyclospora infection, a foodborne illness that can cause "explosive" diarrhea.
In July of 2025, the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, known as FoodNet, reduced a program that tracked food poisoning infections. The required monitoring was cut down to two pathogens, down from eight. The program had been in place for three decades.
As of July 2026, cases of cyclosporiasis have surged across the country, with an abnormally large outbreak of 700 cases having been reported in Michigan, and cases having been recorded across 17 states. Newsweek has contacted the CDC and the FDA for comment via email.
FoodNet Scales Back Foodborne Illness Surveillance
FoodNet was established in July of 1995, and it is a collaborative program amongst the CDC, 10 state health departments, and the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.
Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-cdc-food-net-monitoring-parasite-cyclospora-12180951
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