{"id":7084,"date":"2025-02-18T20:39:51","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T20:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/fdas-food-safety-chief-resigns\/"},"modified":"2025-02-18T20:39:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T20:39:51","slug":"fdas-food-safety-chief-resigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/fdas-food-safety-chief-resigns\/","title":{"rendered":"FDA\u2019s Food Safety Chief Resigns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Jim Jones, the director of the Food and Drug Administration\u2019s food division, resigned on Monday, citing what he called \u201cindiscriminate\u201d layoffs that would make it \u201cfruitless for him to continue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In his resignation letter, Mr. Jones estimated that 89 people of the 2,000 in his division were fired over the weekend, many of them freshly hired to do more in-depth work on chemical safety to protect the nation\u2019s food supply.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI was looking forward to working to pursue the department\u2019s agenda of improving the health of Americans by reducing diet-related chronic disease and risks from chemicals in food,\u201d Mr. Jones wrote in the letter submitted to Sara Brenner, the acting commissioner of the F.D.A.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But the Trump administration\u2019s \u201cdisdain for the very people\u201d who would do that work gave him no choice but to depart, he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Jones also singled out Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the newly appointed secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, for criticizing the F.D.A. as being too beholden to the industries it oversees and for vowing to to dismiss the agency\u2019s nutrition staff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe secretary\u2019s comments impugning the integrity of the food staff, asserting they are corrupt based on falsities, is a disservice to everyone,\u201d Mr. Jones wrote in the letter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">His resignation was first reported in the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/foodfix.co\/recent-editions\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Food Fix<\/a> newsletter, which reports on news in the food industry. Mr. Jones and the F.D.A. did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The food division regulates some additives, like artificial colorings and dyes. It also plays a role in investigating outbreaks of food borne illness.The F.D.A. also funds and participates in inspections of food and infant formula processing facilities in the U.S. and abroad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The food division\u2019s staff members were among about 700 people fired from the F.D.A. over the weekend. People who were let go by email said their supervisors were not aware of the cuts and had no say in them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In his resignation letter, Mr. Jones described the staff members who were laid off as having fresh education and experience in food safety work who would \u201crepresent the future of the agency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Those workers included people with specialized skills in infant formula safety and food safety response.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In early 2022, the division came under fiery criticism in the wake of an <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/05\/23\/us\/abbott-baby-formula-sturgis-regulation.html\" title=\"\">infant formula scandal<\/a>, that began after some babies contracted infections from a deadly bacteria that was also discovered at a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/05\/25\/health\/fda-baby-formula-shortage.html\" title=\"\">dilapidated plant<\/a> in Michigan. The plant was shut down for a time, setting off a mass shortage of infant formula.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Jones, whose background is in chemical regulation at the Environmental Protection Agency, was brought into the agency in 2023 as a reformer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">During his tenure at the F.D.A., Mr. Jones reorganized the food division, improving the structure to bring down barriers between people who inspect food facilities and those who do more scientific safety work. He also created an office of food chemical safety and made it equal to an office that addresses bacteria like salmonella, listeria or E. coli, said Scott Faber, senior vice president for government affairs at the Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit advocacy organization focused on reducing chemical exposures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cOur food will be less safe,\u201d Mr. Faber said. \u201cThat\u2019s the take-home. There are few leaders as experienced as Jim Jones. And we\u2019ll have fewer staff who will have to learn everything Jim\u2019s learned since he\u2019s inherited this job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Federal food safety efforts in recent months have still lagged behind action in states, though, with California beating the F.D.A. to make some key food-safety changes. California <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CCDPHP\/DEODC\/CLPPB\/Pages\/BabyFoodSafety.aspx#:~:text=California%20passed%20AB%20899%2C%20which,to%20be%20made%20publicly%20available.\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">required disclosure<\/a> of heavy metal levels in infant foods and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/10\/14\/health\/california-ban-red-dye-food.html\" title=\"\">passed a landmark ban<\/a> on some food additives, including Red Dye No. 3 in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The F.D.A. followed with a similar ban <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/15\/health\/fda-red-dye-3-cancer-rats.html\" title=\"\">just weeks ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     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