Baby Formula Research Gutted at FDA After RFK Jr. Safety Pledge

US Food and Drug Administration researchers working on ways to make powdered infant formula safer were told earlier this month they’d be let go, just weeks after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed to make the newborn staple healthier.

Kennedy announced what he dubbed Operation Stork Speed last month to scrutinize infant formula ingredients and increase testing for heavy metals. Two weeks later, about 15 of 20 workers in the FDA’s Division of Food Processing Science and Technology in Illinois were told their jobs were being eliminated, according to a person familiar with the matter who ...