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FDA hiring contractors to replace fired staff who supported safety inspections
The Food and Drug Administration is scrambling to hire contractors to replace fired employees who helped plan thousands of ...
FDA making plans to end its routine food safety inspections, sources say
Food safety inspections would be left to state and local authorities under the plan being developed by the FDA.
US FDA suspends food safety quality checks after staff cuts
The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for its food testing laboratories as a result of ...
Exclusive-FDA fires most negotiators for pharma user fee talks, sources say
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's mass layoffs included senior negotiators in talks with the pharmaceutical industry ...
Drug Development Is Slowing Down After Cuts at the FDA
The agency is missing deadlines and not responding to biotech companies, forcing some to push back clinical trials.
The FDA Buried an E. Coli Outbreak. Now It’s Scaling Back Food Safety
The FDA is reportedly considering offloading most routine food safety inspections to state agencies amid mass DOGE layoffs.
US FDA limits industry employees from roles in its advisory committees
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Martin Makary announced on Thursday a policy to limit employees of companies ...
FDA’s Baby Formula Research Gutted After RFK Jr. Safety Pledge
US Food and Drug Administration researchers working on ways to make powdered infant formula safer were told earlier this ...
Tortilla Chip Recall as FDA Issues Risk Warning
According to the FDA, while allergic reactions to color additives are rare, dyes must be included in product labels.
FDA to replace laid-off employees with contractors, sources say
The contractors would effectively replace most of the work done by more than 50 laid-off federal employees who handled travel ...
FDA Clears Neuralink Rival’s Brain Implant
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday cleared a core component of a brain implant made by Precision Neuroscience, a ...
Candy Recall in 8 States As FDA Sets Risk Level
Color additives have faced increased scrutiny since the FDA banned Red Dye No. 3, citing concerns over its links to cancer.