FDA Food Division Leader Quits After Staff Layoffs. By. Jesse Newman, Reporter. Jim Jones became the FDA's first deputy commissioner for human foods in 2023. (Christopher Dilts for WSJ) ...

Jim Jones, head of the FDA's food division, has resigned. The division is tasked with ensuring the safety of the U.S. food supply, overseeing inspections and recalls.

A top FDA official has quit over layoffs in the food division, warning the agency’s ability to protect public health will be affected. Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods Jim Jones says in a ...

Jim Jones, head of the FDA's food division, has resigned. The division is tasked with ensuring the safety of the U.S. food supply, overseeing inspections and recalls.

FDA was created to ensure food doesn't make us sick acutely or chronically. AUBREY: And given that a leading cause of death in the U.S. is diet-related heart disease, Mande argues the agency needs ...

The head of the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday announced an overhaul of the agency’s food safety and nutrition division, vowing that a new structure will better protect consumers and ...

Last week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released details regarding plans to modernise its food division. The update will see the body adopt a “unified Human Foods Program (HFP ...

FDA’s major overhaul of its foods division won’t include reassigning or firing any employees involved in the agency’s delayed response to the baby formula crisis, Commissioner Robert Califf ...

But FDA leaders concede that its food responsibilities have received short shrift, leading to avoidable safety problems and long-running unresolved debates over nutritional and labeling requirements.

The FDA is appointing a deputy commissioner of "human food," to oversee food safety and nutrition. The move follows the baby formula shortage crisis and other outbreaks of food-borne illness.