SILVER SPRING, MD — The FDA’s plan to restructure its Human Foods Program (HFP), announced in early 2023, has been approved. The reorganization involves the creation of a unified HFP, adoption of a new model for its field operations and other modernization efforts. The implementation date is set for Oct. 1.
The plan brings the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, the Office of Food Policy and Response, and key functions of the Office of Regulatory Affairs under the leadership of Jim Jones, who was appointed to the newly created position of deputy commissioner last summer.