The White House began mass contractions in the Office for Sanitary Supervision of the quality of food and medication

The Trump administration began mass reduction in the department of sanitary supervision of the quality of food and US medicines (FDA), reports Associated Press. Recent employees of the department involved in the safety of food ingredients, medical devices and other products received notifications of dismissal.

According to the agency, three FDA employees on anonymity conditions, the reduction primarily affected food control centers, medical devices and tobacco products, including supervision of electronic cigarettes. The exact number of dismissed is still unknown.

Earlier, the Ministry of Health and Social Services of the United States announced plans to dismiss 5.2 thousand employees on test deadlines, in its units, including national healthcare institutions, FDA and diseases control and prevention centers (CDC). As of Sunday, the CDC received notifications about 700 people.

FDA, where almost 20 thousand employees work, has long been subjected to the recently appointed criticism of the recently appointed Minister of Health Robert Kennedy Jr. Last year, he accused the department of “war against public healthcare” due to refusal to approve the unverified methods of treatment-psychedelics, therapy with stem cells, etc. At the same time, he urged to prohibit the use of a large number of dyes and food additives. However, among the dismissed many workers who were responsible for determining the safety of such ingredients.

Former FDA Deputy Commissioner for President George Boisha Jr. Piter Pitts warned that the dismissal of recently hired employees could have the opposite effect, as the agency will lose young specialists with current technical skills. According to him, FDA, on the contrary, needs “new blood” - people with modern ideas and the latest technological knowledge.

The Senate approved the candidacy of Robert Kennedy Jr. to the post of head of the Ministry of Health and Social Services of the United States on February 13. He is known as an anti -priority and author of numerous health statements that are not confirmed by science. In May, The New York Times wrote that in the brain of Robert Kennedy Jr. they found a parasite worm. In 2010, it was reported that Kennedy Jr. suffered from loss of memory and confusion. An anomaly was discovered in the pictures, which, according to one of the doctors, "was caused by a worm that penetrated the brain that had eaten part of it and dead."