There was no recall until July 16, and then on July 19, the FDA announced that there was potentially a false positive. All of this confusion and chaos was aggravated, apparently by Taylor Farms improper interference, the call to the White House, the close to a million dollars spent on lobbying involving a former White House official. It stinks. It smells of improper influence. Blumenthal says that the public deserves to know whether corporate influence has affected the federal government's response to this outbreak that has sickened thousands of people nationwide. (01:21–01:40)
CLAIM
Asserts that Taylor Farms' interference, including a call to the White House and lobbying, aggravated the situation.
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