FDA Taps EPA Vet to Lead Food Program After Formula Crisis
- James Jones spent three decades at US environmental agency
- Divisions in FDA’s food program highlighted in review
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Former US environmental official James Jones was named the US Food and Drug Administration’s top food regulator as the agency recovers from a bruising controversy over its role in a nationwide shortage of infant formula.
Jones, who spent three decades at the US Environmental Protection Agency, will be Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods, the FDA said Wednesday in a statement. Jones also served on a panel that reviewed FDA’s foods program last year, and is currently president of J. Jones Environmental consulting firm.