The federal official who oversees the majority of US food supplies is a Florida lawyer and reportedly a hunting companion for the president’s eldest son and the same name, Donald Trump Jr. It is being done.
As reported by Vanity Fair, Kyle Diamantas, vice-chairman of the Food and Drug Administration, is responsible for overseeing all FDA activities related to nutrition and food safety in Elder Donald’s second presidential administration. there is.
According to the FDA website, the 37-year-old role has authority over all entities and operations within the human food program. Duties include resource allocation, risk prioritization strategies, decision-making, policy initiatives, and key response activities related to human food.
Diamantas also oversees food resources for agency testing and investigations in posts that do not require Senate approval. Also, as reported by Vanity Fair on Monday, Diamantas will oversee around 80% of the country’s food supply.
In his report on his friendship with the president’s son, Vanity Fair points out a photo of Trump JR and Diamantas together in 2021, laughing as he embraces a dead wild turkey.
Diamantas holds a Juris Doctorate degree from Levin School of Law at the University of Florida and a Bachelor of Law in Pre-Law Politics from the University of Central Florida.
In 2024, he became a partner at the Jonesday Law Firm in Miami and joined the company three years ago according to the LinkedIn page.
Vanity Fair claimed it was unclear what “what skills… Diamanta will bring” to his role in Trump’s administration. However, Food Safety Magazine reported that Diamantas has written several articles on the topic of food regulation. And the now-depicted Jonesday biography reported by Vanity Fair, states that “10 Advising a wide range of regulators to clients in food, cosmetics, dietary supplements, drugs, other life sciences and consumer goods. It is said that he has more than years of experience, compliance and enforcement issues.
The FDA website says Diamantas has “rich experience” working with a variety of federal and state agencies and policymakers, scientific organizations, consumer advocacy groups and industry stakeholders .
The website also claims to have “a wide range of experience in issues that span regulations, compliance, investigation, enforcement, rulemaking and law.”
Bloomberg recently reported that Diamantas in November was part of a team that wrote about a new post-market safety assessment group established by the FDA to review chemicals in food .
The appointment of Diamantas comes as the FDA is working to investigate the outbreak of Listeria Monocytogenes infections associated with frozen supplemental shakes. The outbreak reported 12 deaths as of Monday.
Jim Jones, former head of the FDA’s food division, resigned on February 17 after the Trump administration fired 89 staff in that division. Jones described the layoff as “indiscriminatory.”
In a resignation letter obtained by Bloomberg, Jones said, “We look forward to pursuing the sector’s agenda of improving American health by reducing the risks from diet-related chronic diseases and chemicals in food. He is reportedly saying, “There’s one.”
However, he felt that “continuing this role would be fruitless” because the new administration needed a “minority” to make these changes.
