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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.
FDA hiring contractors to replace fired staff who supported safety inspections
When Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced sweeping job cuts at his department last month, he said that safety ...
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 ...
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Five priorities to remake the FDA in a time of deep uncertainty
Two former FDA leaders look at Commissioner Marty Makary’s early stumbles — and lay out a list of priorities to protect both ...
FDA Guts Food Safety Testing in Latest Move to ‘Make America Healthy Again’
The changes to FERN are a direct result of staffing cuts at the HHS, which oversees agencies like the FDA and CDC. Kennedy is ...
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.
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 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 Plans to End Most of Its Food Safety Inspections
Federal health officials tell CBS the FDA is planning to end routine food safety inspections and shift the responsibility to ...
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 ...
FDA to phase out some animal testing requirements, possibly replace them with AI models
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Thursday it plans to phase out animal testing requirements for biological ...
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.