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FDA making plans to end its routine food safety inspections, sources say
Food safety inspections would be left to state and local authorities under the plan being developed by the FDA.
FDA reverses course on telework after layoffs and resignations threaten basic operations
The Food and Drug Administration is reversing course on its requirement for all staffers to report to the office ...
FDA hiring contractors to replace fired staff who supported safety inspections
The Food and Drug Administration is scrambling to hire contractors to replace fired employees who helped plan thousands of ...
FDA to replace laid-off employees with contractors, sources say
The contractors would effectively replace most of the work done by more than 50 laid-off federal employees who handled travel ...
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 ...
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FDA’s Plan to Replace Animal Testing Begins a ‘New Era for Drug Testing,’ says Doctors Group
The nonprofit Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, which promotes the use of human-relevant test methods to replace animal use in drug testing and development, enthusiastically supports the ...
US FDA limits industry employees from roles in its advisory committees
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Martin Makary announced on Thursday a policy to limit employees of companies ...
RFK Jr. says FDA has become a ‘sock puppet’ in meeting with staff
The HHS secretary suggests that industry has too much sway over regulatory decisions made by the Food and Drug Administration.
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FDA reverses course on telework after layoffs and resignations threaten basic operations
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
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FDA reverses course on telework after layoffs and resignations threaten basic operations
FDA reverses course on telework after layoffs and resignations threaten basic operations While many agencies switched to telework during the pandemic, the FDA began embracing the practice nearly ...