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The Food and Drug Administration's director resigned on Monday, according to the report.
Jim Jones cited the layoffs of 89 staff members in the food sector and criticised the weekend layoffs as “indiscriminatory.” Bloomberg News reported Monday night.
“I was looking forward to pursuing the department's agenda to improve American health by reducing diet-related chronic diseases and risks from chemicals in food,” he resigned in FDA committee. I wrote about Sarah Brenner. .
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Jim Jones, head of the FDA's food division, stepped down on Monday after a layoff within the division that he claimed was “indiscriminate.” (FDA/FOX News)
“It's not fruitful for me to continue this role,” Jones said, as it is necessary to make the necessary changes for the Trump administration's “very lightly towards the people.”
White House spokesman Karoline Leavitt responded to Jones' resignation, saying some “bureaucrats” were resisting “mandates delivered by Americans” in an email to Bloomberg News.
“President Trump is only interested in the best and most qualified people who are willing to implement America's first agenda on behalf of Americans,” she told the outlet. “It's not for everyone, and it's fine.”
Jim Jones said he said it would be “frustrating” for him to continue working as head of the FDA's food division because of “a bitch” to those who need the Trump administration to enable the desired change. It is being done. (Sarah Silbiger / Getty Images / Getty Images)
Staff who lost their jobs over the weekend include employees with “highly technical nutrition expertise, infant prescriptions, and food safety responses.”
Jones led a successful push to ban Red Dye No. 3, whose approval was revoked by the FDA, while former President Joe Biden was still in office.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will lead the Department of Health and Human Services under President Donald Trump. (istock / istock)
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as secretary to Health and Human Services Thursday after running a “American Healthy Again” campaign with Trump.
Trump has appointed Johns Hopkins surgeon Marty McCurry to lead the FDA, but he has not been confirmed yet.
