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Administrator Masters Leaving Food Safety and Inspection Service
Dr. David Goldman to Serve As FSIS Acting Administrator
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WASHINGTON, January 5, 2007 -- Agriculture Under Secretary for Food Safety Dr. Richard
Raymond today announced that Food Safety and Inspection Service Administrator Dr. Barbara Masters will
leave the Agency effective January 19, 2007 to become Senior Policy Analyst for Olsson, Frank & Weeda, P.C.
"Dr. Masters is well known for her service and her leadership in protecting public health by working
to keep America's meat, poultry and egg products safe," said Raymond. "I have been fortunate to
have the opportunity to work with Dr. Masters to usher in a new era of transparency and openness in
federal regulation. During her tenure at FSIS, we worked together to establish a solid infrastructure
of science-based policies and data analysis which have helped to reduce foodborne illness and product
recalls. I congratulate Dr. Masters on her new career opportunity. I and FSIS will miss her high energy
leadership."
Raymond noted Masters' emphasis on communication and outreach at the Food Safety and Inspection Service
so that both industry and FSIS inspection program personnel are better prepared to carry out their food
safety and food defense responsibilities.
Raymond also announced the selection of David P. Goldman, MD, MPH to serve as acting FSIS Administrator
until a permanent administrator is announced. A Captain in the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health
Service, Dr. Goldman has been with FSIS since 2002, previously serving as Assistant Administrator of the
Office of Public Health Science, and before that as Deputy Director and then Director of FSIS' Human
Health Sciences Division. He earned his medical degree at the University of Virginia and his master's
in public health at the University of Washington.
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