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The culprit turned out to be E. coli, a powerful pathogen that had contaminated romaine lettuce grown in Yuma, Arizona, and distributed nationwide. At least 210 people in 36 states were sickened. Five died and 27 suffered kidney failure. The same strain of E. coli that sickened them was detected in a Yuma canal used to irrigate some crops. For more than a decade, it’s been clear that there’s a gaping hole in American food safety: Growers aren’t required to test their irrigation water for pathogens such as E. coli. As a result, contaminated water can end up on fruits and vegetables.

After several high-profile disease outbreaks linked to food, Congress in 2011 ordered a fix, and produce growers this year would have begun testing their water under rules crafted by the Obama administration’s Food and Drug Administration. But six months before people were sickened by the contaminated romaine, President Donald Trump’s FDA—responding to pressure from the farm industry and Trump’s order to eliminate regulations—shelved the water-testing rules for at least four years..

Despite this deadly outbreak, the FDA has shown no sign of reconsidering its plan to postpone the rules. The agency also is considering major changes, such as allowing some produce growers to test less frequently or find alternatives to water testing to ensure the safety of their crops. The FDA’s lack of urgency dumbfounds food safety scientists.

5 People Died From Eating Lettuce But Trump’s FDA Still Won’t Make Farms Test Water for Bacteria – Mother Jones

Isn't that more rule than exception with respect to Trump's environmental deregulation drive. It always serves industry (so much for "draining the swamp"), always increases environmental health and safety risk and always goes against the advice of experts in the field..