FDA employees face multiple issues as they return to the office

SILVER SPRING, Md. — Most Meals and Drug Administration workers have been required to return to work in particular person on Monday. For some, the working circumstances have been lower than best.

On the primary campus in Silver Spring, workers puzzled whether or not the water was drinkable after testing in some buildings final fall revealed the presence of the Legionella micro organism. Some booked stays at a close-by Consolation Inn to be able to keep away from a six-hour round-trip commute. Others debated the best way to maintain delicate calls whereas crammed right into a convention room with different workers.

The Trump administration earlier this yr ordered all authorities workers to return to work in particular person. FDA workers whose “responsibility station” was inside 50 miles of a federal facility needed to work in particular person by Monday. These exterior of the 50-mile radius have till April 28.