08 Jan 2019 --- The continuing US partial government shutdown is fueling concerns that policies, programs and services run by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) could be under threat, as a result of the standoff between Democrats and President Trump over funding for the US-Mexico border wall. There is mounting unease that the ongoing shutdown could impact on the millions of residents who rely on the country’s food stamp program, which is run by the USDA, one of the agency’s that remains unfunded.