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Draft budget plan proposes deep cuts across federal health programs
NEW YORK — A draft budget proposal circulating among federal officials would dramatically deepen cuts at the nation's top ...
FDA hiring contractors to replace terminated safety inspection staffers
When Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced sweeping job cuts at his department last month, he said that safety inspectors who oversee U.S. foods and drugs wouldn’t be ...
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How FDA cuts could make the food and drug supply less safe
While Food and Drug Administration inspectors who make sure food and drugs meet quality standards were spared in recent cuts, ...
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FDA cuts outlined in draft HHS budget
The leaked budget draft, if approved by Congress, would reduce the FDA’s budget authority, indicating more disruption could ...
FDA Guts Food Safety Testing in Latest Move to ‘Make America Healthy Again’
The changes to FERN are a direct result of staffing cuts at the HHS, which oversees agencies like the FDA and CDC. Kennedy is ...
FDA suspends food safety quality checks. How to protect yourself from salmonella, listeria
According to Reuters, the FDA is suspending a quality control program, for food testing labs. Here are the steps you should take to protect yourself.
No more food safety inspections in US? FDA's new plan unveiled amid massive staff cuts
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been making a plan to end most of its routine food safety inspections work amid ...
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FDA moves to block biopharma employees from serving on advisory committees
Employees of companies regulated by the FDA—such as pharmas or biotechs—are no longer allowed to serve as members of FDA ...
The FDA Buried an E. Coli Outbreak. Now It's Scaling Back Food Safety
The Food and Drug Administration is reportedly considering shifting large swaths of its core function to states after mass ...
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RFK Slashes 10,000 Jobs In First Step To Gut ‘Bureaucratic Sprawl’ At HHS
The Department of Health and Human Services plans to slash 10,000 employees in a major restructuring of the whole department, ...
US FDA suspends food safety quality checks after staff cuts
The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for its food testing laboratories as a result of ...