F.D.A.’s Food Safety Chief Resigns Over Trump Administration Layoffs
The chief said the loss of critical employees overseeing the nation’s food supply made his work impossible. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s new health secretary, has pledged to gut the division.
FDA’s food safety head resigns over mass layoffs
Jim Jones, the head of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) food division, resigned Monday, citing the mass firings of agency staff.  According to a copy of his resignation letter viewed by
FDA Food Division Leader Quits After Staff Layoffs
Jim Jones, a deputy commissioner at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, resigned Monday following what he called the “indiscriminate firing” of nearly 90 staff members. “It has been increasingly cl
Head of FDA’s food division resigns following 89 “indiscriminate” staff layoffs
In his resignation letter, obtained by Bloomberg News, Jones cited “indiscriminate” layoffs to 89 staff members, including key technical experts. “I was looking forward to working to pursue the department’s agenda of improving the health of Americans by reducing diet-related chronic disease and risks from chemicals in food,
US: FDA’s food chief resigns, citing job cuts, policy challenges
Jim Jones, the head of the food division in the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), resigned on Monday, citing widespread layoffs that he said would make it difficult to implement changes sought by the Trump administration.
Senior FDA official resigns in protest as a result of Trump's mass firings
A senior US Food and Drug Administration official has resigned to protest "indiscriminate" firings by President Donald Trump's government.
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Jim Jones Defends Rappers Visiting The White House: "The President Is The President!"
Jim Jones shares his thoughts that Hip-Hop has a place in the White House, no matter who sits in the Oval Office. Speaking ...
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FDA deputy commissioner’s abrupt retirement and massive agency layoffs undercut MAHA slogan, stakeholders warn
FDA Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods Jim Jone’s abrupt resignation on Monday following the wholesale termination of ...
FDA downsized: Steps you can take to avoid foodborne illnesses, listeria, salmonella, more
The FDA was already understaffed and behind in inspections when the Trump administration began its layoffs. Here's what you ...
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Jim Jones Defends Rappers at Presidential Events, White House
Jim Jones is having a hard time wrapping his head around the bruhaha revolving around Snoop Dogg, Nelly and other rap stars ...
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Health Agencies Face Terminations; Jim Jones Resigns from FDA’s Human Foods Program
Thousands of workers employed across the Department of Health and Human Services received notices that they would be ...
There’s a raft of unconstitutional, religion-based legislation in the Idaho Capitol | Opinion
All of this, of course, flies in the face of the strict separation of church and state required by the Idaho Constitution.” | ...
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Jim Jones, FDA’s Top Food Official, Resigns After Trump Fires 90 Agency Employees
It has been increasingly clear … the Trump administration’s disdain for the very people necessary to implement your agenda,’ ...
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Publisher’s Platform: We need more like Jim Jones with the courage to speak truth to power
Bloomberg reports that Jim Jones, the head of the food division at the US Food and Drug Administration who oversaw the agency ...
Did Jim Jones & Juelz Santana Go MAGA?
Jim Jones and Juelz Santana are back in the mix, and this time, they’re throwing subliminals with a twist. The ongoing ...
FDA firings spur deputy commissioner for human foods to quit
The Trump administration firings of employees at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration caused FDA Deputy Commissioner for ...