Jim Jones
The reorganization of the Food and Drug Administration’s human foods programs was urgently required and a veteran coming. The complete strategy still requires to go through evaluation by Office of Management and Budget and after that Congress.
The Department of Health and Human Services and FDA have authority to carry out some of the strategy in the interim. The very first noteworthy indication of modification was the consultation of ex-EPA executive, Jim Jones, to the recently developed post of Deputy Commissioner for Human Food Programs.
Throughout a November 2023 webinar with the Alliance for a Stronger FDA (records here), the brand-new deputy commissioner spoke about his experiences throughout his very first six 6 weeks and described a lot of his concerns moving forward.
Significantly, food chemical security was near the top of his list– which drew strong interest from both customer and market groups.
The deputy commissioner devoted to a program simply on food chemical security and the Alliance has actually set up the session for Friday, March 8 at twelve noon EST. Register here.
In his opening remarks to the Alliance, he has actually guaranteed to attend to 4 program locations that are of significant interest to the stakeholder neighborhood:
- Chemical Review Under HFP
- Post-Market Assessment of Chemicals in the Food Supply (current statement)
- PFAS in Food Packaging (current statement)
- Closer to Zero
Later, there ought to be more than 30 minutes for mediator and audience concerns.
On behalf of the Alliance, we hope you will have the ability to join us for this essential webinar occasion.
By Alison Bodor of the American Frozen Food Institute, Thomas Gremillion of the Consumer Federation of America, and Sarah Sorscher of the Center for Science in the general public Interest. The authors are members of the board of the Alliance for a Stronger FDA. For any editorial concerns, please contact: sgrossman@strengthenfda.org 301-257-9660.