The chief said the loss of critical employees overseeing the nation’s food supply made his work impossible. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s new health secretary, has pledged to gut the division.

We still don’t know the full extent of layoffs at the FDA, though they are widespread. That could reduce oversight of the food supply.

In his resignation letter, obtained by Bloomberg News, Jones cited “indiscriminate” layoffs to 89 staff members, including key technical experts. “I was looking forward to working to pursue the department’s agenda of improving the health of Americans by reducing diet-related chronic disease and risks from chemicals in food,” Jones wrote.

Jim Jones, the head of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) food division, resigned Monday, citing the mass firings of agency staff.  According to a copy of his resignation letter viewed by

Jim Jones, a deputy commissioner at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, resigned Monday following what he called the “indiscriminate firing” of nearly 90 staff members. “It has been increasingly cl

The Trump administration’s effort to slash the size of the federal workforce reached the Food and Drug Administration this weekend.

A top FDA official has quit over layoffs in the food division, warning the agency’s ability to protect public health will be affected. Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods Jim Jones says in a letter staff cuts would make it “fruitless” to continue.