Consumer Product Orgs Urge FDA To Appoint Single Food Center Leader

Consumer advocacy and industry groups are calling for FDA to create a deputy commissioner for foods who would have direct authority over the agency’s food and veterinary medicine centers and the food-related components of the Office of Regulatory Affairs. House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) also has urged the agency needs to immediately appoint a deputy commissioner who would have authority over food activities across FDA, coming as the agency’s food center faces scrutiny over its handling of the...