The FDA announced the selection of James “Jim” Jones as the first Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods. The new executive position will lead the charge in setting and advancing priorities for a proposed unified Human Foods Program (HFP). Program areas include food safety, chemical safety, and innovative food products. Jones is scheduled to begin at the FDA on Sept. 24. Jones came to the FDA from the EPA. At the EPA, he was a principal architect of the 2016 overhaul of the Toxic Substances Control Act. Jones was a member of the Reagan-Udall Foundation’s Independent Expert Panel for Foods, which submitted a report on the operational evaluation of the FDA’s Human Foods Program to the agency in December 2022. His participation in the Reagan-Udall panel makes him intimately knowledgeable of the agency’s challenges and opportunities and the panel’s recommendations that the FDA is adopting in its proposal for a unified HFP. @ https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-names-first-deputy-commissioner-proposed-unified-human-foods-program?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
