Jim Jones, the head of the food division at the US Food and Drug Administration who oversaw the agency’s banning of the food dye Red No. 3 earlier this year, stepped down on Monday, citing widespread cuts across the agency that he said will make it hard to implement the types of changes the Trump administration is seeking,

A Food and Drug Administration division that went through a major reorganization to address concerns about food safety was caught up in the Trump administration's federal workforce cuts. Why it matters: The fledgling Unified Human Foods Program was created in the wake of high-profile safety failures,