The Food and Drug Administration’s first Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods, Jim Jones, started his work yesterday and sent the below letter to colleagues.
FDA Commissioner Robert Calif appointed Jones after the agency’s embarrassing turmoil over the lack of a clear chain of command on the food side of its
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EPA’s James “Jim” Jones was named Wednesday as the first FDA Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods.
In an expanded position, he will fill the voids left at the FDA by the February departure of Frank Yiannas, who was the Deputy Commission for the then Food Policy Office, and the May
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— OPINION —
Dear colleagues,
As her service comes to an end on May 31, it is appropriate to thank Dr. Susan Mayne for more than eight years of professional dedication as Director of FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. Upon her arrival in 2015, Dr. Mayne made
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One of the FDA’s top food safety administrators is retiring.
Susan Mayne, Director of the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), announced Monday that she will retire as of May 31. The Center is part of the Food and Drug Administration’s food program and is responsible for part
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From: Susan Mayne, Director of FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
I am writing in response to the opinion piece published on March 13, 2023, titled “Be Best or Be Better,” by Bill Marler. The article references a letter sent by FDA on March 8
Continue Reading Letter to the Editor: Food safety cannot wait — infant formula letter important to industry
Top FDA officials are calling on manufacturers of infant formula to clean up their act.
In a letter this week Robert M. Califf, FDA Commissioner, and Susan T. Mayne, Director of the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, addressed concerns about infant formula along the food chain, speaking to
Continue Reading FDA wants infant formula manufacturers to step up work to prevent contamination
The FDA is inviting the public and industry leaders to join a webinar at 1 p.m. EST on March 2 to discuss recent draft guidance on lead action levels for foods intended for children younger than two years of age.
Questions or comments must be submitted by Feb. 9 at
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— OPINION —
How food safety is best organized in a country this big and this populous is the question we should be asking. Instead during the past confusing year, we’ve come to focus only on the internal organization of the Food and Drug Administration.
We now know the timeline
Continue Reading Letter from the Editor: An independent food safety board is far better than anything FDA Commissioner does on his own
The question members of a Senate subcommittee wanted answered by FDA officials involved how to make food safety a priority at the agency. The FDA commissioner said much of the answer would come out when a “top to bottom” review of the agency has been completed.
During a hearing Wednesday
Continue Reading Senators ask FDA leaders if food safety is a priority at the agency
Describing inspection findings at an infant formula plant as “shocking,” the head of the FDA on Wednesday told a U.S. House panel that the formula maker had failed, but admitted that the agency also could have done better.
The hearing with the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House
Continue Reading FDA leader says agency could have done a better job with investigation into infant formula plant
