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The FDA Eliminates Key Staff Overseeing Food Safety
The severance of key employees seemingly affects administrative and scientific roles vital to food safety operations.
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Shifting FDA food safety inspection to states has big challenges
After years of discussion, the Food and Drug Administration may shift the responsibility for routine food safety inspections to states. Industry and food safety experts say this is a logical next step ...
FDA reverses course on telework after layoffs and resignations threaten basic operations
WASHINGTON (AP) — Weeks after ordering all Food and Drug Administration employees back into the office, the agency is ...
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FDA tech officials complied with DOGE’s requests for data. The staff reductions still came.
Officials at the Food and Drug Administration who spoke to FedScoop believe that information from a recent “data call” on ...
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FDA Drug Inspections Post–Workforce Reductions: Potential Implications and Practical Steps Forward
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is confronted with significant challenges in its inspection processes due to recent layoffs. Among ...
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FDA suspends food safety quality checks. How to protect yourself from salmonella, listeria
The FDA has suspended its food testing lab quality control program due to staffing cuts. Staffing cuts at HHS agencies, including the FDA, have occurred since Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s confirmation ...
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FDA reverses course on telework after layoffs and resignations threaten basic operations
Whatever the reasoning behind the telework shift, former federal officials say it’s a sign that recently confirmed FDA Commissioner Marty Makary is trying to retain and rebuild agency staffing.