In Food Programs Restructuring, US FDA Has Designs On Clear Priorities, Chain Of Command

Following reviews prompted largely by formula supply crisis, FDA will move Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and commissioner’s Office of Food Programs and Response to Human Foods Program headed by deputy commissioner. Office of Regulatory Affairs' structure also changing “to support the FDA organization as a whole,” says Commissioner Califf.

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Recommendations from experts US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf turned to when he took the post a year ago has led to a proposed restructuring of the agency’s human food programs, including closer alignment with its field inspections office.

Following reviews prompted largely by the infant formula supply crisis which became known when Califf began his second stint as commissioner in February 2022, the Center for Food Safety and...

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