#Food Administration

[jamesmitchia]

In the ever-evolving landscape of regulatory compliance, Intelligent Process Automation (IPA) is revolutionizing how organizations in the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sector streamline workflows, reduce manual errors, and enhance operational efficiency.

[oldfarmhouse]

⋆.ೃ࿔*:･𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞; 𝖥𝗂𝗌𝗁𝖾𝗌 & 𝖤𝗀𝗀𝗌. 𝖬𝗒 𝗆𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋, 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗌𝗉𝗈𝗄𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗌𝖾 2 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝖽𝗌 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗈𝖽𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗆𝗒 𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖽𝗁𝗈𝗈𝖽. 𝖨 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾 fixated 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝖺𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 "𝖿𝗂𝗌𝗁𝖾𝗌 & 𝖾𝗀𝗀𝗌" 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗂 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝖾𝗂𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 (𝗌𝗆𝖾𝗅𝗅𝗒) 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾'𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖾𝖺𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 - 𝖶𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾𝗌 𝖺 𝗁𝖺𝗅𝖿 𝗈𝖿 𝗉𝗂𝖾 𝗅𝖾𝖿𝗍 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖽𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖾𝗋𝗍, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝖾𝗑𝗍𝗋𝖺 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗈𝗇 𝗐𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍 𝖿𝗈𝗋, 𝗎𝗌 𝗄𝗂𝖽𝗌 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖼𝖾𝗋𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽𝗇𝗍 𝖻𝖾 𝖾𝗇𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝖿 𝗎𝗌 - 𝖮𝖪? 𝖬𝗈𝗆 𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗆𝗅𝗒. 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖿𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽𝗌 *𝖥𝗂𝗌𝗁𝖾𝗌. 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖤𝗀𝗀𝗌. " 𝖭𝗈 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍*ೃ༄

𝐅 𝐎 𝐎 𝐃🌿

[quixoticprince]

Oh my god I'm so dumb - these two fit the meme better Forgive me everybody

[socialjusticeinamerica]

This is total insanity and Edolph and Mango Mussolini need to be removed. Only a madman or a Russian puppet would be doing this.

[reasonsforhope]

Federal regulators on Tuesday [April 23, 2024] enacted a nationwide ban on new noncompete agreements, which keep millions of Americans — from minimum-wage earners to CEOs — from switching jobs within their industries.

The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday afternoon voted 3-to-2 to approve the new rule, which will ban noncompetes for all workers when the regulations take effect in 120 days [So, the ban starts in early September, 2024!]. For senior executives, existing noncompetes can remain in force. For all other employees, existing noncompetes are not enforceable.

[That's right: if you're currently under a noncompete agreement, it's completely invalid as of September 2024! You're free!!]

The antitrust and consumer protection agency heard from thousands of people who said they had been harmed by noncompetes, illustrating how the agreements are "robbing people of their economic liberty," FTC Chair Lina Khan said. 

The FTC commissioners voted along party lines, with its two Republicans arguing the agency lacked the jurisdiction to enact the rule and that such moves should be made in Congress...

Why it matters

The new rule could impact tens of millions of workers, said Heidi Shierholz, a labor economist and president of the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank. 

"For nonunion workers, the only leverage they have is their ability to quit their job," Shierholz told CBS MoneyWatch. "Noncompetes don't just stop you from taking a job — they stop you from starting your own business."

Since proposing the new rule, the FTC has received more than 26,000 public comments on the regulations. The final rule adopted "would generally prevent most employers from using noncompete clauses," the FTC said in a statement.

The agency's action comes more than two years after President Biden directed the agency to "curtail the unfair use" of noncompetes, under which employees effectively sign away future work opportunities in their industry as a condition of keeping their current job. The president's executive order urged the FTC to target such labor restrictions and others that improperly constrain employees from seeking work.

"The freedom to change jobs is core to economic liberty and to a competitive, thriving economy," Khan said in a statement making the case for axing noncompetes. "Noncompetes block workers from freely switching jobs, depriving them of higher wages and better working conditions, and depriving businesses of a talent pool that they need to build and expand."

Real-life consequences

In laying out its rationale for banishing noncompetes from the labor landscape, the FTC offered real-life examples of how the agreements can hurt workers.

In one case, a single father earned about $11 an hour as a security guard for a Florida firm, but resigned a few weeks after taking the job when his child care fell through. Months later, he took a job as a security guard at a bank, making nearly $15 an hour. But the bank terminated his employment after receiving a letter from the man's prior employer stating he had signed a two-year noncompete.

In another example, a factory manager at a textile company saw his paycheck dry up after the 2008 financial crisis. A rival textile company offered him a better job and a big raise, but his noncompete blocked him from taking it, according to the FTC. A subsequent legal battle took three years, wiping out his savings. 

-via CBS Moneywatch, April 24, 2024

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Note:

A lot of people think that noncompete agreements are only a white-collar issue, but they absolutely affect blue-collar workers too, as you can see from the security guard anecdote.

In fact, one in six food and service workers are bound by noncompete agreements. That's right - one in six food workers can't leave Burger King to work for Wendy's [hypothetical example], in the name of "trade secrets." (x, x, x)

Noncompete agreements also restrict workers in industries from tech and video games to neighborhood yoga studios. "The White House estimates that tens of millions of workers are subject to noncompete agreements, even in states like California where they're banned." (x, x, x)

The FTC estimates that the ban will lead to "the creation of 8,500 new businesses annually, an average annual pay increase of $524 for workers, lower health care costs, and as many as 29,000 more patents each year for the next decade." (x)

Clearer explanation of noncompete agreements below the cut.

Noncompete agreements can restrict workers from leaving for a better job or starting their own business.

Noncompetes often effectively coerce workers into staying in jobs they want to leave, and even force them to leave a profession or relocate.

Noncompetes can prevent workers from accepting higher-paying jobs, and even curtail the pay of workers not subject to them directly.

Of the more than 26,000 comments received by the FTC, more than 25,000 supported banning noncompetes. 

[mindblowingscience]

Outgoing US President Joe Biden's administration on Wednesday announced a ban on Red Dye No 3, a controversial food and drug coloring long known to cause cancer in animals. Decades after scientific evidence first raised alarm, Red 3, as it is also called, is currently used in nearly 3,000 food products in the United States, according to the nonprofit Environmental Working Group. "FDA is revoking the authorized uses in food and ingested drugs of FD&C Red No 3 in the color additive regulations," said a document from the Department of Health and Human Services, published in the Federal Register on Wednesday.

Continue Reading.

[republicansaredomesticterrorists]

Warnings like this will end and people will die because RFK JR Elon’s Doge Nazis are going to fire people and try to shut down the FDA.

☠️💀☠️

[inc-immigrationnewscanada]

Donald Trump's Shocking Move: Total Freeze on Federal Grants and Loans Leaves Millions in Limbo

Unprecedented Actions by Trump Administration Halt Financial Lifelines; What’s Next for American Citizens? In an astonishing turn of events that has sent shockwaves through the United States, President Donald Trump has ordered an immediate and sweeping freeze on all federal grants and loans, effective immediately. This decision, outlined in a memo by Matthew Vaeth, the acting director of the…

[crippleprophet]

psa for usamericans with food allergies :\

ID: a screenshot which reads: FARE will continue to share alerts as we have in the past, but the food allergy community should be aware that because of a recent presidential administration directive, there has been a mandated pause in external communications from the Department of Health and Human Services. This includes external FDA sharing of food allergen recalls. Until this changes, you may also want to check FDA's recall page directly for most up-to-date information. end ID

FDA recall page link

FARE allergy alert website & email notification link

[moons-on-wheels]

MY FREE SCHOOL LUNCH!!!

[vixvigil]

bouncing on it in accordance with health and safety guidelines

[republicansaretheproblem]

The Sacklers own Perdue Pharmaceuticals which developed Oxycontin, various addictive opiods, and they are generally considered a main driving force behind the opiod epidemic.

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Jennifer Scholtes at Politico:

One week in, the Trump administration is broadening its assault on the functions of government and shifting control of the federal purse strings further away from members of Congress. President Donald Trump’s budget office on Monday ordered a total freeze on “all federal financial assistance” that could be targeted under his previous executive orders that pausing funding for a wide range of priorities – from domestic infrastructure and energy projects to diversity-related programs and foreign aid. In a two-page memo obtained by POLITICO, the Office of Management and Budget announced all federal agencies would be forced to temporarily suspend payments, while making clear that Social Security and Medicare would not be affected. “The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve,” according to the memo, which three people authenticated.

The new order could affect billions of dollars in grants to state and local governments, while also creating disruptions to programs that benefit U.S. households. But in the immediate aftermath there was also widespread confusion over how the memo would be implemented and whether it may face legal challenges. While the memo says the funding pause does not include assistance “provided directly to individuals,” for instance, it does not clarify whether that includes money sent first to states or organizations and then provided to households. The brief memo also does not detail all payments that will be halted. However, it broadly orders federal agencies to “temporarily” stop sending all federal financial assistance that could be affected by Trump’s executive actions.

That includes the president’s orders to freeze all funding from Democrats’ signature climate and spending law called the Inflation Reduction Act and the bipartisan infrastructure package enacted in 2021, along with a 90-day freeze of all foreign aid. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in a statement decried the announcement as an example of “more lawlessness and chaos in America as Donald Trump’s Administration blatantly disobeys the law by holding up virtually all vital funds that support programs in every community across the country.”

The OMB under Tyrant 47’s misadministration puts out a “temporary” freeze to most federal aid and grants, including food assistance, Medicaid, farm aid, Head Start, and rent assistance. Social Security and Medicare are exempted.

This is dangerous and dictatorial, and must be resisted.

See Also:

HuffPost: Donald Trump Orders Freeze On All Federal Grants And Loans In Huge Power Grab

The Hill: Trump administration directs widespread pause of federal loans and grants

Reuters: White House pauses federal grant, loan, and other assistance programs

NOTUS: Trump Administration Orders Sudden Freeze on Federal Aid

[girlsofine]

Who says girls can’t have fun 🤩

[basils-plants-and-potions]

Basil, you sell weed now??

(@suzuki-sibs-bar-and-grill)

"If I can make edibles, I can sell the plants."

"On a completely unrelated note, I made brownies. Would you like one?"