Critics say the plunge reflects an increasingly lenient stance toward animal industries.
The USDA inspects thousands of facilities with animals, and in 2018, the number of citations it issued plunged.
“We still documented noncompliances at facilities, but generally there were fewer noncompliant items on the inspection reports,” said Lyndsay Cole, a spokeswoman for the agency’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, which includes the animal care division. Cole said some of the drop could be attributed to a 5 percent decrease in inspections in 2018 due to a shortage of inspectors.
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