He also points to the company's political contributions, including a $1 million donation to a political action committee supporting President Donald Trump, along with more than $810,000 spent on lobbying this year, including issues related to food safety regulations. 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. (01:10–01:21)
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Asserts that the FDA did not issue a recall until July 16 and announced a potential false positive on July 19.
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