FDA planning for fewer food and drug inspections due to layoffs, officials say

Senior Food and Drug Administration leaders are planning for cutbacks to the number of routine food and drug inspections conducted by the agency, multiple officials say, due to steep layoffs this week in support staff.  Around 170 workers were cut from the FDA’s Office of Inspections and Investigations, according to two federal health officials who

Biden’s Top Health Official Runs for California Governor

Xavier Becerra joins a growing field of top-tier candidates vying to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom. President Joe Biden’s former health secretary, Xavier Becerra, wants to be California’s next governor, he announced April 2. “I watched my parents, a construction worker and a clerical worker, achieve the California dream,” Becerra said in a social media video

Trump Signs Order Closing Exemptions to Low-Cost Imports From China

Wednesday’s order implements duties on de minimis packages starting May 2 at 12:01 a.m. President Donald Trump signed another executive order on Wednesday, directed at closing a previous loophole that postponed duties on low-cost made-in-China imports. In a Feb. 5 executive order, Trump paused tariffs on low-cost, or de minimis, packages from China and Hong