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If you care about food safety, then Jim Jones matters to you. A year into his tenure as Deputy Commissioner for the Human Foods Program, Jones has infused the FDA food programs with a new sense of mission and new approaches to greater efficiency and transparency.
The
Continue Reading Transforming FDA-regulated food products: A webinar with Jim Jones
One month into the FDA’s new Human Foods Program, Deputy Commissioner Jim Jones will appear in a webinar by the Alliance for a Stronger FDA.
The FDA the country’s oldest comprehensive consumer protection agency, began its new chapter on Oct. 1. The new human foods program took effect after a
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As part of the FDA’s new Human Foods Program reorganization, which went into effect Oct. 1, the agency has announced a streamlined approach for processing consumer complaints.
The process includes steps to handle whistleblower complaints in addition to consumer complaints. Whistleblower complaints came to the forefront in 2022 when a
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What needs to be done before the Human Foods Program (HFP) comes to life, which is now targeted for October 1this year? Well, for sure, there’s some recruiting to do because Jim Jones, who joined the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in September 2023 as the agency’s first Deputy Commissioner
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A senator and representative are calling for a single agency to be established to deal with food safety in America.
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-CT, and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-IL, have introduced the Federal Food Administration Act in their respective chambers. The legislation would establish the Federal Food Administration, which would
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Consumer Reports and the National Association of Food and Drug Officials applaud the approval of the FDA’s reorganization plan, saying the move will help ensure the nation’s food supply is safe.
“Consumers depend on the FDA to be effectively organized and governed to ensure our food is safe,” Brian Ronholm
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The FDA’s largest reorganization in history, involving about 8,000 employees, is far more than just “moving some boxes around.” The proposed changes and updates to an FDA-wide reorganization plan have been out for external reviews and clearances since Dec. 13, 2023, and implementation should occur sometime during 2024.
A “Unified
Continue Reading FDA reorganization is out for review, but impact later in 2024 could be huge
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By Steven Grossman, Executive Director of the Alliance for a Stronger FDA.
What started as a crisis over the safety and supply of infant formula became a wide-ranging review of FDA’s food programs by the Reagan-Udall Foundation. In turn, those led to the creation of a new
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As 2024 unfolds, there are ongoing stories that will continue to take shape, including one that impacts everyone’s daily life in the United States.
The reorganization of the Food and Drug Administration’s human foods program began in 2023 with the appointment of Jim Jones to be the
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It’s been 18 months since the FDA began studying problems in its Human Foods Program and an update from the agency says it will take more time to implement changes.
The head of the Food and Drug Administration said on Dec. 13 that he is “hopeful” that changes will come
Continue Reading Review after review must still be completed before changes can occur at the FDA