date:Jan 20, 2014
pt on the job during the partial federal government shutdown, while some U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspections were slowed. The failure to enact legislation appropriating funds for fiscal year 2014, which began Oct. 1, brought another partial shutdown of the federal government. The shutdown began Oct. 1, with normal operations resuming Oct. 17. This time, however, there were no threats of pulling USDA meat inspectors from their jobs and thereby shutting down the industry. Likewise,