The partial government shutdown that started Saturday will affect quite a few activities of the Food and Drug Administration.
Although most of the agency’s employees weren’t working over the weekend and on Monday and Tuesday because of federal holidays, FDA will furlough some 40 percent of its staff starting Wednesday.
However, much of the agency’s workforce will continue through the shutdown, with more than 10,000 FDA employees — nearly 60 percent — reporting to work, according to numbers released by the agency Friday.
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