Trump eliminates food safety committees

Advisory groups focused on food supply safety axed in name of "bureaucracy reduction."

The USDA on Thursday notified members of two federal food safety advisory committees — the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) and the National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI) — that their committees have been disbanded.

A March 6 missive to members of NACMCF,…