Since Jan. 20, the new administration has had former FSIS boss Paul Kiecker filling in for the departed Brashears the Acting Under Secretary. The appointment of Sandra Eskin as Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety is seen as significant because of her past work at the Pew Charitable Trusts.
However, the top food safety job remains vacant. No name has been submitted to the Senate.
On the Senate-confirmed list of Presidential-appointed previous Under-Secretaries are Dr. Elisabeth Hagen August 2010-December 2013; Dr. Richard Allen Raymond July 2005-January 2009; Elsa A. Murano October 2001-December 2004; and Catherine Woteki July 1997-January 2001.
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