The Trump administration firings of employees at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration caused FDA Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods Jim Jones to resign on Monday.

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.

A Food and Drug Administration leader has abruptly quit after he claimed staff layoffs would make it impossible to do the work the Trump administration has called for. In a letter to the FDA’s acting commissioner,

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

Jim Jones has resigned from his position as deputy commissioner for human foods at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Jim Jones’ sudden departure is reportedly in response to President Donald Trump’s “indiscriminate firing” of nearly 90 agency staff members.

The Food and Drug Administration’s top official on food safety abruptly resigned, citing the Trump administration’s firings. As first reported by Food Fix, Jim Jones left his post as FDA’s deputy commissioner for the human foods program over the “indiscriminate firing” of 89 employees.

The firings appeared to focus on employees in the agency’s centers for food, medical devices, and tobacco products. The Trump administration’s effort to slash the size of the federal workforce reached the Food and Drug Administration this weekend,

The Trump administration’s effort to slash the size of the federal workforce reached the Food and Drug Administration this weekend.

The Trump administration’s effort to slash the size of the federal workforce reached the Food and Drug Administration this weekend, as recently hired employees who review the safety of food ingredients,