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 ...
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 ...
F.D.A.’s Food Safety Chief Resigns Over Trump Administration Layoffs
The chief said the loss of critical employees overseeing the nation’s food supply made his work impossible. Robert F. Kennedy ...
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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 ...
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FDA foot-dragging might have saved your hands, and you never knew it
The Trump administration is tearing down both regulations and the federal government that enforces them. The consequences will be enormous.
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Resignation of Food and Drug Administration Leader Is a Setback for Safety of U.S. Food System
(WASHINGTON, D.C. – February 18, 2025) The head of the Food and Drug Administration, Jim Jones, announced his resignation today, citing far-reaching staff cuts at the agency.
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Labour lawmakers, Obi react as NAFDAC seals 3,000 Lagos shops
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed over 3,000 drug shops in Lagos and confiscated ...
How to keep your eyes healthy and your vision sharp
Cataracts, dry eyes, glaucoma and other eye problems become more common with age. But these can be treated — and sometimes ...
Pune GBS outbreak: FDA finds no bacterial contamination in raw chicken samples
Officials confirmed that 60 samples tested negative for Campylobacter jejuni, the bacteria linked to GBS, dispelling concerns ...
‘May contain metal pieces’: FDA updates recall for granola bars sold nationwide
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has posted an update on a granola bar recall initiated last year, labeling it as “Class ...
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NAFDAC seals 3,000 shops in Lagos, seizes 12 truckloads of FAKE DRUGS
This was made known in a statement shared on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday by NAFDAC. During the raid, officials uncovered alarming violations, including vaccines stored in dilapidated, ...
Trump administration cuts reach FDA employees in food safety, 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 ...