Jim Jones, the Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), resigned from his post Monday night amidst a flurry of FDA firings, Food Fix first reported. His decision followed the Trump administration’s dismissal of thousands of Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and FDA workers over the weekend,

The former head of the FDA's food division told STAT he resigned because cuts made by the Trump administration imperil the agenda set forth by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Jim Jones, a deputy commissioner at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, resigned Monday following what he called the “indiscriminate firing” of nearly 90 staff members. “It has been increasingly cl

It has been increasingly clear … the Trump administration’s disdain for the very people necessary to implement your agenda,’ wrote the deputy commissioner and head of the

Jim Jones, the head of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) food division, resigned Monday, citing the mass firings of agency staff.  According to a copy of his resignation letter viewed by

The head of the FDA's food division resigned Monday following what he called the "indiscriminate firing" of roughly 89 people, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Jim Jones, head of the Food & Drug Administration's food division, has reportedly resigned citing widespread layoffs that he believes will hinder regulatory progress.