Improving US FDA Food Programs Starts At Top, Former Senior Agency Officials Say

Former acting commissioner Stephen Ostroff and Sharon Lindan Mayl, previously a senior advisor to FDA commissioner on food programs, say Reagan-Udall report was accurate in finding that establishing food program leadership with defined authorities is key to improving the programs, which include regulation of supplement manufacturing and marketing.

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A former acting commissioner and a former senior advisor at the US Food and Drug Administration agree with an expert panel’s recent recommendations that improving the agency’s food safety programs starts at the top.

Stephen Ostroff, a public health and regulatory consultant whose career with the agency included a stint as acting commissioner, and...

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