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Anna Betts

Trump tasks son’s hunting pal with keeping the US food supply safe

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in White Oak, Maryland, on 29 August 2020. Photograph: Andrew Kelly/Reuters

The acting federal government official overseeing the vast majority of the US’s food supply is a Florida attorney who reportedly is a hunting buddy of Donald Trump Jr, the president’s eldest child and namesake.

As Vanity Fair reported, acting deputy commissioner for human foods at the Food and Drug Administration Kyle Diamantas will be responsible for overseeing all FDA activities related to nutrition and food safety for the elder Donald Trump’s second presidential administration.

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