FDA rehires staff to its medical devices division

FDA moves to rehire medical device, food safety and other staffers fired days earlier
Barely a week after mass firings at the Food and Drug Administration, some probationary staffers received unexpected news over the weekend: The government wants them back. Beginning Friday night, FDA employees overseeing medical devices and other key areas received calls and emails notifying them that their recent
FDA rehires staff to its medical devices division after mass layoffs
The Trump administration is reinstating some employees in the Food and Drug Administration's medical devices division after dozens were laid off as part of a government-wide cost-cutting initiative led by billionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency,
Head of FDA’s food division resigns following 89 “indiscriminate” staff layoffs
In his resignation letter, obtained by Bloomberg News, Jones cited “indiscriminate” layoffs to 89 staff members, including key technical experts. “I was looking forward to working to pursue the department’s agenda of improving the health of Americans by reducing diet-related chronic disease and risks from chemicals in food,” Jones wrote.
FDA Food Division Leader Quits After Staff Layoffs
Jim Jones, a deputy commissioner at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, resigned Monday following what he called the “indiscriminate firing” of nearly 90 staff members. “It has been increasingly cl
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FDA deputy commissioner’s abrupt retirement and massive agency layoffs undercut MAHA slogan, stakeholders warn
FDA Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods Jim Jone’s abrupt resignation on Monday following the wholesale termination of ...
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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 ...
Head of FDA's food division resigns after dozens of terminations at the agency: report
The head of the FDA's food division, Jim Jones, resigned on Monday following layoffs within the division that he argues were ...
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Jim Jones, FDA’s Top Food Official, Resigns After Trump Fires 89 Agency Employees
It has been increasingly clear … the Trump administration’s disdain for the very people necessary to implement your agenda,’ ...
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 ...
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Health Agencies Face Terminations; Jim Jones Resigns from FDA’s Human Foods Program
Thousands of workers employed across the Department of Health and Human Services received notices that they would be ...
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Head of FDA food division resigns over 'indiscriminate firing' of personnel
Jim Jones, deputy commissioner for human foods ... AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File Among those fired at the FDA: staff working on nutrition and infant formula safety and staff hired to review ...
FDA downsized: Steps you can take to avoid foodborne illnesses, listeria, salmonella, more
The FDA was already understaffed and behind in inspections when the Trump administration began its layoffs. Here's what you ...
Lawyer Kyle Diamantas Will Become Top Food Regulator at FDA
Attorney Kyle Diamantas is expected to be announced as the new deputy commissioner for human foods at the US Food and Drug ...