Head of FDA Food Division Resigns in Protest of Mass Firings at HHS – IOTW Report

Head of FDA Food Division Resigns in Protest of Mass Firings at HHS

Head of FDA Food Division Resigns in Protest of Mass Firings at HHS – White House Responds.

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Jim Jones, head of the FDA’s food division resigned in protest of the Trump Administration’s mass firings.

Jones reportedly resigned on Monday after the Trump Administration fired thousands of employees in the HHS.

Scoop: Jim Jones has resigned as FDA deputy commissioner for human foods.
The move comes after the Trump administration over the weekend fired thousands of employees across HHS, including many within FDA’s foods program.https://t.co/HPZBDDVtyA
— Helena Bottemiller Evich (@hbottemiller) February 17, 2025

“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 said in his resignation letter, according to Bloomberg News.

Jones said that because of the mass firings it would be “fruitless for me to continue in this role.”

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt responded to Jim Jones’ resignation. more

15 Comments on Head of FDA Food Division Resigns in Protest of Mass Firings at HHS

  1. Not sure I’m seeing a down side to this. Like most downsizing, you need to trim aomewhat vertically if you are truely downsizing the organization. I think it goes without aaying that the personal finances warrant review.

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  2. Resigns in Protest of Mass Firings at HHS
    Bwaaaaaahaahaahaahaa… Nice facade!
    My money sez they know they’re guilty as hell and are putting up a front, but two short months ago they were just doing what everybody else was doing. Even tho they knew it was wrong, lying, cheating, swindling and goldbricking was the accepted norm. Now reality is slapping them upside the head!

    Rots-A-Ruck parasites!

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  3. Firing is the wrong word of the HHS probationary employees are “not retained” as a permanent Fed employee. Don’t weep for them, if they can’t learn to code they could be employed building the Border wall or maybe on the Keystone Pipeline …

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  4. Holy Shit… You mean the guy who was ultimately responsible that Kool-Aid is safe to drink is named Jim Jones?

    And when they resign, it means they knew they were getting fired because he’s probably a big fat crook like most of these senior bureaucrats who are “resigning” these days.

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