I wouldn't say they "got" political, I would suggest they "are" political and have been for decades.
How many government workers are lifelong Democrats? I don't know about the FDA, but didn't it get mentioned here that virtually all the CDC is Democrat? (Need to have sauce for that, I know.)
When we saw that story about the little boy whose MAGA hat was stolen, we need to realize that a political party that is down for harming a 7 year old in the name of its policies is a threat to every man, woman and child in America.
Here's an example of what run amok government agencies can end up doing.
https://www.kyfreepress.com/2017/03/fda-v-sam-girod-complete-story-video/
(Apparenlty, Sam Girod is now home with his family.)