Draft FDA Budget Proposes Cutting Funding, Shifting Food Inspections to States
Monday, May 5, 2025
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  • As first reported by the Washington Post, an internal draft budget document suggests significant cuts to HHS, including cuts to FDA, NIH, and CDC. According to the draft budget documents, the Trump Administration may propose $6.5 billion funding for FDA in 2026, a 17% decrease from the budget in 2023. 
  • In addition to the budget cuts, the document also proposes shifting most of the responsibility for routine food inspections to the states. However, FDA officials told CBS News that some “higher risk” inspections would likely remain under the control of FDA.
  • Steve Grossman, the former director of the Alliance for a Stronger FDA, posted on his FDA Matters that the viability of moving all routine facilities inspections to the states would turn, among other things, on whether the state contracts would include enough funding to offset increased state costs, whether states have appropriate infrastructure to conduct inspections and whether FDA would have sufficient funding for coordination, enforcement, and/or reinspections.
  • Prior to enactment, the proposed budget must be approved by Congress. Therefore, the budget may change before it is finalized. We will continue to monitor changes to the proposed budget and report on any developments as we become aware of them.
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