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Inside FDA’s big food reboot - Food Fix
When FDA announced last month it had commissioned an outside evaluation of its foods program (as well as tobacco), it was seen by many as a formal, if somewhat tepid, admission that something had gone very wrong at the agency.
“Fundamental questions about the structure, function, funding and leadership need to be addressed,” FDA Commissioner Robert Califf said at the time. Read more
Big shakeups under way in much-criticized U.S. health agencies - JD Supra
While most regular folks wouldn’t give a hill of beans about the organization of bureaucracies in Washington, D.C., frustrated taxpayers should be taking note of seismic rumblings about restructurings that are shaking some of the biggest, most powerful, and influential federal health agencies. Biden Administration officials, in one of their notable moves, have announced that responses to pandemics and other public health crises will be led now by a separate, independent division within the sprawling Health and Human Services agency.
FDA Head Orders a Review of Its Nicotine Division, to Mixed Response - Filter
FDA confronts ‘sub-optimal environment’ for food safety with ‘top to bottom’ review - Food Navigator
Facing sharp criticism in the media that FDA’s approach to food safety is “broken,” “Byzantine” and a “ridiculous joke,” the agency is undertaking a “top to bottom” review of the “structure, function, funding and leadership” of its food program, agency representatives told Congress yesterday. Read more
Amid controversies, FDA seeks advice on food and tobacco operations - The Washington Post
The head of the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday he is asking outside experts to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the agency’s food and tobacco programs, which in recent months have endured sharp criticism involving two high-profile issues: the infant-formula shortage and e-cigarettes, particularly the vaping company Juul.
FDA Conducting Evaluation of Key Agency Activities to Strengthen Operations
In February 2022, I rejoined the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as Commissioner of Food and Drugs, having served in the role five years earlier. Since my return, the agency has taken many significant actions that benefit the public health. Yet at the same time, the agency has confronted a series of challenges that have tested our regulatory frameworks and stressed the agency’s operations, prompting me to take a closer look at how we do business.
FDA announces external review of food safety and tobacco regulatory offices - POLITICO
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf said on Tuesday that he has ordered an external review of the agency’s offices on food safety and tobacco regulation.
FDA weighs oversight changes after formula, Juul troubles - Associated Press
The head of the Food and Drug Administration has asked for a review of the agency’s food and tobacco programs following months of criticism over their handling of the baby formula shortage and e-cigarette reviews.