WASHINGTON NEWS

Crawford named FDA Deputy Commissioner
Lester M. Crawford was named deputy commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration on February 25. He will be the senior official at FDA, pending the installment of a permanent Commissioner of Food and Drugs. He most recently served as head of the Center for Food and Nutrition Policy at Virginia Tech. He also previously served as administrator of USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service and director of FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine.

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