An attorney with a multinational law firm in Miami is expected to be the next deputy commissioner for human foods at the FDA. Kyle Diamantas has been with the law firm Jones Day since July 2021. He earned a bachelor’s degree in prelaw political science at the University of Central Florida in 2010 and a law degree from the University of Florida in 2013.
The Trump Administration will name Diamantas to the nation’s top food post, according to reports from Bloomberg News. The Food and Drug Administration has not released any statements about the appointment. The agency has authority over about 80 percent of America’s food supply, including food safety and security.
Former Deputy of Human Foods Jim Jones resigned Monday citing staff firings by the Trump Administration. Almost 90 people in the foods program were let go. Jones said he had been looking forward to working with the new Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F.
Kennedy Jr. to make the American food supply even safer than it is. However, in his resignation letter Jones said that the “indiscriminate” firings made it clear that such work would not be possible, calling such efforts “fruitless.
” One of Jones’ key areas of expertise was chemical additives, which he had done extensive work with while at the Environmental Protection Agency. Food additives, specifically chemical additives, is one of Kennedy’s main points of interest. Earlier this year Jones oversaw the banning of the food dye Red No.
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