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Top FDA official resigns, warns firings will backfire on RFK Jr.
The top official in charge of food safety and nutrition at the Food and Drug Administration resigned this week, protesting the dozens of scientists and other health officials now being let go across the agency's foods program.
FDA Official With Oversight of Musk’s Neuralink Devices Fired
An official who oversees a team at the Food and Drug Administration that reviews Neuralink Corp. devices was fired, according to an email the agency sent to staff Tuesday morning viewed by Bloomberg.
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.
Head of FDA food division resigns over DOGE cuts: ‘It’s not for everyone, and that’s okay’
An “indiscriminate” staffing decision had one FDA official tendering his resignation as the White House remained unfazed: “It’s not for everyone, and that’s ay.” As the Department […]
Jim Jones, FDA’s Top Food Official, Resigns After Trump Fires 90 Agency Employees
It has been increasingly clear … the Trump administration’s disdain for the very people necessary to implement your agenda,’ wrote the deputy commissioner and head of the
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.
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,
Senior FDA official resigns in protest as a result of Trump's mass firings
A senior US Food and Drug Administration official has resigned to protest "indiscriminate" firings by President Donald Trump's government.
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.
Here are the top federal officials who have left their roles after clashing with DOGE
As the hard-charging DOGE has sought to make its imprint on the federal government, several high-profile officials have ...
FDA staff were reviewing Elon Musk’s brain implant company. DOGE just fired them.
The cuts included about 20 people in the FDA’s office of neurological and physical medicine devices, several of whom worked ...
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Dozens of attorneys general urge FDA to crack down on counterfeit obesity drugs
More than three dozen attorneys general are urging the FDA to take “decisive action” against counterfeit obesity drugs.
Exclusive: FDA staff reviewing Musk’s Neuralink were included in DOGE employee firings, sources say
U.S. Food and Drug Administration employees reviewing Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink were fired over the weekend ...
Trump officials ask CDC, FDA to use gender notice on restored websites
The Trump administration had directed health agencies to place a notice condemning “gender ideology” on health webpages that ...
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Device industry scrambles as FDA job cuts cause delays
The cuts at the FDA’s device center could add “months, if not years” to the time it takes to bring products to market, an ...
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FDA warns of PFAS 'forever chemicals' in Chinese clams
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has named seafood exporters with unsafe levels of PFAS, also known as "forever ...