Editor’s note: The Food and Drug Administration posted this “FDA Voice” column July 14 under the title “Charting a Path Forward on Food Safety, Nutrition and Animal Health.” It was co-authored by Stephen Ostroff, deputy commissioner for foods and veterinary medicine; Susan Mayne, director of FDA’s Center for Food Safety and …
Advisory Committee Working on the Science of Salmonella, STEC
When the government needs help with a foodborne issue, they turn to a certain committee for scientific advice. In its last term, the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) worked on how to reduce Norovirus infections and to help the Department of Defense ensure that the food procured for U.S. military personnel…
Protecting Consumers From Trans Fat
(This article by Susan Mayne, Ph.D., director of the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, was originally posted here on June 15, 2015.) FDA is taking a step today to remove artificial trans fat from the food supply. This action will save many thousands of lives. PHOs,…
New Director for CFSAN in 2015
Dr. Susan Mayne will take over as director of the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) when Michael Landa steps down from the position in January. Mayne is currently the C.-E.A. Winslow Professor of Epidemiology and Chair at Yale School of Public Health’s Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, as…