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“The indiscriminate firing of 89 staff in the Human Foods Program is beyond short sighted,” Jones added. “Their termination will be one more roadblock to achieving the Secretary’s stated objectives of making America healthy again.”
In his letter, Jones said that the staff members laid off “represent the future of the agency.”
The FDA press office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Jones’s resignation was first reported Monday by the food industry newsletter Food Fix.
While defending the agency agenda, Jones also singled out Kennedy’s continued assertions that the FDA is corrupt and too beholden to corporate special interests.