FDA selects leader for Human Foods Program
James Jones spent many years with the EPA.
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James Jones spent many years with the EPA.
The new executive will lead the charge in setting and advancing priorities for a proposed unified Human Foods Program (HFP).
Both consumer groups and industry groups today praised the Food and Drug Administration’s appointment of James “Jim” Jones as the first FDA deputy commissioner for human foods. FDA Commissioner Robert Califf announced today the selection...
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