FDA, food

FDA’s former top food official says Trump firings are ‘dismantling’ the division
The former head of the FDA's food division told STAT he resigned because cuts made by the Trump administration imperil the agenda set forth by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
FDA firings spur deputy commissioner for human foods to quit
The Trump administration firings of employees at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration caused FDA Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods Jim Jones to resign on Monday.
Trump administration cuts reach FDA employees in food safety, medical devices and tobacco products
The FDA is headquartered in the Maryland suburbs outside Washington and employs nearly 20,000 people. It's long been a target of newly sworn-in health secretary Robert Kennedy Jr., who last year ...
What new DOGE firings at the FDA could mean for food safety and medical devices
The firings appeared to focus on employees in the agency’s centers for food, medical devices, and tobacco products. The Trump administration’s effort to slash the size of the federal workforce reached the Food and Drug Administration this weekend,
Quitting FDA Food Head Says Firings Make Trump Agenda Impossible
A Food and Drug Administration leader has abruptly quit after he claimed staff layoffs would make it impossible to do the work the Trump administration has called for. In a letter to the FDA’s acting commissioner,
Head Of FDA's Food Division Quits Over Job Cuts
Jim Jones, head of the Food & Drug Administration's food division, has reportedly resigned citing widespread layoffs that he believes will hinder regulatory progress.
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FDA’s head of device safety among employees terminated in ‘challenging’ weekend
The cuts hit the FDA's medical device center particularly hard, including reviewers and experts on AI-enabled medical ...
FDA’s food safety head resigns over mass layoffs
Jim Jones, the head of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) food division, resigned Monday, citing the mass firings of ...
Judge orders CDC, FDA to restore websites taken down after Trump gender order
U.S. District Judge John D. Bates granted a restraining order temporarily reversing the Trump administration’s moves to ...
Here’s Where Trump’s Government Layoffs Are—As Firings At FAA Begin
The federal government began the process of firing several hundred employees at the Federal Aviation Administration just ...
More than 2 million donut products recalled over listeria contamination risk
FGF Brands has voluntarily recalled 60 donut products, impacting more than 2 million pastries sold across the country. A ...
'Extremely inaccurate' | Shuttered CDC webpages return with new warning about transgender information
A federal judge ordered the CDC, FDA and HHS to restore webpages with information about HIV treatment and transgender people.