FDA’s former top food official says Trump firings are ‘dismantling’ the division In candid interview, Jim Jones says moves will undercut RFK Jr.’s agenda

https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/18/fda-foods-division-jim-jones-interview/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-91JAeXgrnojOahjTb87LG1OQ4fPUC0BuU2kvj-7aXSQDbuLiGRNs2OaN0qhJH8oQX3cPcUAXjg7IyBHG74tT36dHMxgg&_hsmi=347947065&utm_content=347947065&utm_source=hs_email An exit interview with the FDA’s former top food official In a strikingly candid interview, the former head of the FDA’s food division said yesterday that he resigned from the job because the Trump administration’s cuts imperil the agenda set forth by RFK Jr. “I, personally, and the organization were very excited about the agenda that Secretary Kennedy has articulated for foods, in particular around nutrition and food chemical safety,” Jim Jones said to STAT’s Matt Herper. “I’m not sure if it’s a lack of understanding of how things get done, or it’s that there’s really no seriousness about what they want to get done.” Read more about the early actions that Jones takes issue with.