Some of the agency's offices to be hit hardest by the closure include the office of Food and Nutrition Services that oversees the Child Nutrition, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program forWomen, Infants, and Children (WIC). By the end of the fifth day of the shutdown , staffing will be cut by 95%. Inspections of food imports and exports will also continue throughout the shutdown. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar reassured the country that the department's public health missions are being maintained, despite the holiday and shutdown. More pictures from front lines of #FDA work today to protect consumers and advance critical public health activities.

Source: CNN December 26, 2018 00:33 UTC