Confidence in the government's ability to ensure food safety in the U.S. has hit a new low — a drop driven largely by distrust among Democrats, according to a poll released Monday.

Gallup's latest survey of consumer habits found 53 percent of Americans said they have at least a "fair amount" of faith in federal regulators maintaining a safe food supply.

Confidence had hovered around 70 percent from 2007 to 2019, based on Gallup's previous findings, but it fell below 60 percent for the first time last year and continued to drop.

The latest poll found that confidence among Republicans in the government's........

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