Tell Congress: Restore CDC Food Safety Funding

Thousands of people have gotten sick from contaminated produce across the country — and Trump's cuts made it harder for public health agencies to find the source.

The outbreak is linked to cyclosporiasis, a foodborne illness caused by a parasite that can bring weeks of severe diarrhea, stomach cramps, nausea, fatigue, and dehydration. For children, seniors, immunocompromised people, and workers who cannot afford to miss paychecks, an outbreak like this can become a serious health and financial crisis.

But instead of strengthening the public health systems that catch outbreaks early, the Trump administration has cut staff and weakened disease monitoring. Now families have gotten sick and the agencies responsible for protecting us are being forced to do more with less.

Tell Congress: restore full funding for CDC food safety monitoring and investigate Trump's cuts to outbreak surveillance.

Foodborne illness outbreaks do not stop on their own. Public health workers need the staff, data systems, testing capacity, and coordination tools to identify contaminated products quickly and get them off shelves before more people are hurt.

When surveillance is weakened, outbreaks spread longer. Doctors are left with fewer answers. Families lose trust that the food they buy is safe. And preventable illnesses become another cost of political attacks on public health.

Congress has the power to fix this. Lawmakers can restore CDC foodborne illness surveillance funding, investigate how the Trump administration cuts affected outbreak response, and require the CDC and FDA to have the resources they need to protect the public.

Add your name now and demand Congress restore the public health safeguards that keep contaminated food off our tables.

The petition to Congress reads: "Restore full funding for CDC foodborne illness surveillance, investigate Trump administration cuts to outbreak monitoring, and ensure the CDC and FDA have the staffing, testing capacity, and tools needed to quickly identify contaminated food and protect the public."