Research Director Carla Rodriguez Watson and CEO Susan C. Winckler discuss RAISE on the OMHHE podcast

On OMHHE’s latest podcast, FDA Foundation’s CEO, Susan Winckler, RPh, Esq. and Research Director, Carla Rodriguez-Watson, PhD, MPH, discuss the RAISE, a project to improve the capture and curation of race & ethnicity data in health care—and the themes that emerged from the RAISE workshop series.

FDA Issues Warning Letters to Three Infant Formula Manufacturers - Associated Press Online

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued warning letters to three infant formula manufacturers as part of the agency’s ongoing commitment to enhance regulatory oversight to help ensure that the industry is producing infant formula under the safest conditions possible.  

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FDA Commissioner names EPA insider to agency’s top food safety post - Lex Blog

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 retirement of Susan Mayne, who headed the Office of Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.

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FDA Names First Deputy Commissioner for Proposed, Unified Human Foods Program - Associated Press

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is announcing the selection of James “Jim” Jones to serve as the first Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods. The new executive position will lead the charge in setting and advancing priorities for a proposed unified Human Foods Program (HFP). 

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FDA Touts “Significant Strides” in Addressing Reagan-Udall Report but Acknowledges More Work Remains - LexBlog

On June 29, Dr. Brian King, director of the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) at the FDA, issued an update on CTP’s efforts to address the 15 recommendations outlined in a report by an independent expert panel facilitated by the Reagan-Udall Foundation.

FDA requests public input on analyzing antimicrobial use in animals - Veterinarian's Money Digest

Officials with the FDA are seeking feedback from the public on a report1 outlining a potential framework for establishing a public-private partnership (PPP) to collect and analyze antimicrobial use (AMU) data from food-producing animals. The report was prepared for the FDA by the Reagan-Udall Foundation and summarizes the work completed over a multi-year cooperative agreement funded by the FDA.2

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