Appointment of Stephen Sundloff, D.V.M., Ph.D., as director of the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Veterinary Medicine

NEWS 06/13/1994 Appointment of Stephen Sundloff, D.V.M., Ph.D., as director of the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Veterinary Medicine


P94-12                                 Food and Drug Administration
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                Susan Cruzan (301) 443-3285

     Commissioner of Food and Drugs David A. Kessler, M.D., today
announced the appointment of Stephen Sundloff, D.V.M., Ph.D., as
director of the Food and Drug Administration's Center for
Veterinary Medicine.  The center is responsible for ensuring that
animal drugs, feed additives and medicated feeds are safe and
effective and that food from treated animals is safe to eat.  
     Sundloff has served as delegate to World Health Organization
committees on residues of veterinary drugs in foods.  (WHO sets
international food safety standards.)  He has also served as
president-elect of the American Association of Veterinary
Pharmacology and Therapeutics, which specializes in drug effects in
animals.
     As one of about 75 board certified veterinary toxicologists
nationwide, Sundloff is an expert on how drugs and plants affect
animals and in turn, the human food chain.  
     Sundloff has also chaired FDA's Veterinary Medicine Advisory
Committee, a group of outside experts that makes recommendations on
veterinary drug approvals and other FDA veterinary actions.       
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     "Dr. Sundlof brings a wealth of experience, education and
knowledge of both veterinary and human health issues to his new 
job," said Kessler.  "He'll bring a clear understanding of how the
center's work fits in with the mission of the agency.
      "The center's decisions don't affect only farmers and
ranchers  -- they touch everybody," said Kessler.  "From approvals
of new biotech veterinary drugs to use of antibiotics in food
animals, these issues are central to FDA's mission to protect the
public health."
     Sundloff, 43, comes to FDA from the University of Florida -
Gainesville College of Veterinary Science, where he was an
associate professor.  He received a bachelor's degree in zoology
and chemistry from Southern Illinois University, where he graduated
with honors.  He received his veterinary degree and a Ph.D. in
veterinary toxicology from the University of Illinois College of
Veterinary Medicine.  
     FDA is one of eight Public Health Service agencies within HHS.
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