FDA's Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response, Frank Yiannas, has announced he is resigning from his post. His departure comes in the wake of last year's infant formula shortage, throughout which Yiannas held a prominent leadership role.
Months before Abbott's massive formula recall in February of last year, there had already been warnings about quality and safety concerns at the key facility.Frank Yiannas, the then-Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response at the Food and Drug Administration listens as local organization leaders talk at a roundtable discussion about food waste reduction practices with Rep. Chellie Pingree at Hannaford Corporate Headquarters on August 26, 2019.
By that time, as ABC News has reported, reports of infants getting sick and hospitalized after consuming Abbott's formula had already been emerging, including one who had already died -- in addition to the quality and safety concerns flagged at their Sturgis facility.
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