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Former FDA Commissioner [Scott Gottlieb](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/donald-trump-ap-fda-joe-biden-scott-gottlieb-b2680087.html) said it was “unusual” and not “standard” for a produce company to ask the White House to delay a lettuce recall tied to a [nationwide _cyclospora_ outbreak](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/cyclospora-parasite-cyclosporiasis-outbreak-us-food-supply-b3019661.html).
Gottlieb made the remark to a Sunday news show in response to a [_Wall Street Journal_](https://www.wsj.com/health/taylor-farms-cyclospora-recall-delay-call-41fef0bc) report that [Taylor Farms](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/diarrhea-parasite-outbreak-source-fda-b3018420.html) had contacted the White House about postponing a recall announcement — and that officials had brought the FDA into the discussion.
“That is not standard operating procedure, is it?” [_Face the Nation_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZGAfdy__bI) host Margaret Brennan asked Gottlieb, who had led the FDA for two years during [President Donald Trump’s first term](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-quotes-first-year-charlottesville-fbi-immigration-quotes-a8170056.html).
“No, it's not,” he said. “And it wasn't standard operating procedure when I was at FDA.