Food and Drug Administration, Staffers and Reinstates

Trump reinstates fired staff working on food and device safety, 9/11 program
Patient advocacy groups had decried the firings, and lobbying groups rushed to save some slots that were in part funded by the private sector.
FDA moves to rehire medical device, food safety and other staffers fired days earlier
The reversal is the latest example of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk’s chaotic approach to cost-cutting, which has resulted in several agencies firing, and then scrambling to rehire, employees responsible for nuclear weapons, national parks and other government services.
F.D.A. Reinstates Fired Medical Device, Food and Legal Staffers
The agency changed course just days after firing employees who oversee the safety of food and life-sustaining medical devices. Dozens of workers said they and others were back at work Monday.
FDA scrambles to rehire food safety and other staffers who were fired last week
The Trump administration's chaotic cost-cutting has let to similar reversals at other agencies, which sought to rehire ex-employees responsible for nuclear weapons, national parks and other government services.
Trump administration cuts reach FDA employees in food safety, 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
FDA rehires medical device staffers fired only days earlier
Like other agencies, the FDA terminations went to employees in their probationary period, typically the first two years of federal employment. But that approach resulted in the te
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How the FDA's approval for food additives works, and why experts say a loophole allows companies to bypass it
Experts say that for decades, a legal loophole has allowed companies to include chemical additives that could be potentially ...
F.D.A. Firings Decimated Teams Reviewing A.I. and Food Safety
Staff units evaluating high-tech surgical robots and insulin-delivery systems were gutted by Trump layoffs even though ...
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FDA announces end to Wegovy and Ozempic drug shortages, but it could mean higher prices
The FDA has announced that the shortage of Wegovy and Ozempic, medications used for weight loss and diabetes management, is ...
Top FDA food safety official's resignation letter warns firings will backfire on RFK Jr.
James Jones resigned as FDA deputy commissioner and said the Trump administration's "indiscriminate" job cuts show "disdain for the very people necessary to implement your agenda." ...
How sketchy chemicals like Red No. 3 end up in U.S. food
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