RFK Jr.’s Purge of FDA’s Public Records Offices to Hit Industry

Hundreds of requests to access the FDA’s documents and data are disrupted by US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s dismissal of employees who handle the agency’s public records, stymieing researchers and businesses seeking to obtain key information.

The Food and Drug Administration’s Freedom of Information Act office was swept up in the health department’s massive workforce cuts this week, as part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to shrink federal agencies and streamline operations.

The FDA eliminated many of the employees working in FOIA offices that helped oversee drugs, medical devices, human foods, and tobacco, according to various sources ...