Acting Principal Deputy Commissioner of Food and Drugs,
U. S. Food and Drug Administration
Dr. Schwetz was appointed the Acting Principal Deputy Commissioner of Food and Drugs in January 2001. He currently serves as Adjunct Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology/Division of Interdisciplinary Toxicology, at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He was editor of Fundamental and Applied Toxicology from 1986 –1992, and serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of Environmental Health Perspectives and Critical Reviews in Toxicology. Dr. Schwetz is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine and is a member of the Society of Toxicology. In 1998, he received the U.S. Government’s Meritorious Executive Presidential Rand Award, and in 2000 the Distinguished Service Award of the American college of Toxicology. Dr. Schwetz will present views from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on what is being done to counter food terrorism.