FDA Food Chief Jim Jones Resigns Over ‘Indiscriminate’ Staff Cuts

FDA’s first deputy commissioner for human foods, Jim Jones, has resigned from the post, citing “indiscriminate” layoffs at HHS as new HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vows to reshape food regulation. The departure gives the Trump administration an opening to fill a key position overseeing the federal government’s food safety and nutrition efforts, created by last year’s FDA reorganization. Bloomberg News reported the resignation Monday evening (Feb. 18). It’s part of a wider exodus from HHS amid massive...