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Cyclospora outbreak emerges as midterm election issue
Original: Food safety and cyclospora outbreak become midterm election issues
A cyclospora outbreak linked to contaminated food has spilled into US midterm election campaigns, with food safety becoming a political talking point. Candidates and voters are weighing how federal agencies like the FDA and CDC handled the illness cluster, turning a public health matter into an accountability question at the ballot box.
Why now: The outbreak's timing ahead of the midterm elections has made food safety a campaign issue.
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