FDA Workers Verbally Mandated To Return To Office, Might Avoid Opposing Decisions For Fear Of Reprisal

By Luke Zarzecki / February 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM

FDA supervisors were directed to only verbally tell their employees Thursday (Feb. 6) they must work in person five days a week beginning in March and not put the messages in writing amid the growing chaos surrounding the Trump administration’s efforts to dramatically downsize federal agencies and scrub regulatory policies not in sync with the new president’s.


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