US FDA's s Centers In Charge Of Complaint Handling In Major ORA Reorganization Plan

14 Dec 2023

Agency proposal, now under HHS review, further reduces chances of losing another whistleblower complaint by taking ORA out of the loop, while proposing a new name for its slimmed-down field organization: Office of Inspections and Investigations. Meanwhile, an agency veteran, Michael Rogers, will lead the revamped organization as associate commissioner.

The US Food and Drug Administration's proposed major reorganization for departmental review includes a change stripping complaint-handling responsibilities from the agency’s field organization, the Office of Regulatory Affairs.

Sparked by a lost whistleblower complaint about infant formula manufacturing, the revamping of the FDA's Human Foods Program and field operation makes both the food program and the agency’s product centers – such as the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and the Center for Food Safety and

Rogers To Lead ORA

The FDA also appointed Michael Rogers as associate commissioner for regulatory affairs. Rogers, who has worked 32 years at the agency including 28 in the ORA, had been acting associate commissioner since September, when ORA’s previous acting associate commissioner, Carol Cave, retired

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