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FDA and HHS Solicit Comments on Deregulation

Posted on May 16, 2025
  • FDA and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have launched a public Request for Information (RFI) to “identify and eliminate outdated or unnecessary regulations” in alignment with President
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FDA and HHS Announce Next Steps in “Operation Stork Speed”

Posted on May 13, 2025
  • FDA and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have announced the next steps in “Operation Stork Speed,” a program intended to enhance the “quality, safety, and nutritional adequacy”
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FDA to Rehire Some Staff

Posted on May 6, 2025
  • FDA is “set to rehire some of the staff that was let go during mass firings in the past three months.” Earlier this year around 3,500 FDA employees, or
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Draft FDA Budget Proposes Cutting Funding, Shifting Food Inspections to States

Posted on May 2, 2025
  • As first reported by the Washington Post, an internal draft budget document suggests significant cuts to HHS, including cuts to FDA, NIH, and CDC. According to the draft budget
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HHS Cuts Notice-and-Comment Rulemaking for Some Agency Actions

Posted on March 6, 2025
  • Health and Human Services (HHS) will no longer use notice-and-comment rulemaking procedures for “matters relating to agency management or personnel or to public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts,” according
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Health Agencies Face Terminations; Jim Jones Resigns from FDA’s Human Foods Program

Posted on February 18, 2025
  • Thousands of workers employed across the Department of Health and Human Services received notices that they would be terminated following four weeks of leave, including at least 89 members of
… Continue Reading Health Agencies Face Terminations; Jim Jones Resigns from FDA’s Human Foods Program

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Confirmed as HHS Secretary

Posted on February 13, 2025
  • On February 13, 2025, the US Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as the nation’s top healthcare official, the secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). 
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FDA Launches Study on the Role of Seafood Consumption in Child Development

Posted on October 12, 2022
  • On October 11, the FDA announced the launch of an independent study, “The Role of Seafood in Child Growth and Development,” by the National Academies of Science, Engineering,

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Senate Bill to Revise and Reassess GRAS Program

Posted on June 1, 2022
  • On May 27, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), alongside Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass)., introduced the Ensuring Safe and Toxic-Free Foods Act, which is described as “comprehensive

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Dr. Califf Confirmed as New FDA Commissioner

Posted on February 16, 2022
  • On February 15, the U.S. Senate confirmed Dr. Robert M. Califf as Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. As our readers know, Dr. Califf is internationally recognized as

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