Who Is The Food Safety Czar?

David Acheson took a lightning rod of a job when he became food safety czar, a position created at the FDA after the pet food recall this spring highlighted gaping holes in the nation's food security system. The British-born medical aims to be earnest and honest, and is generally perceived that way. But with just 1 percent of imported food tested for contamination, and an increasingly complex and widespread international food distribution system stocking our grocery store shelves, many see the food safety czar as a too little, too late-approach to ensuring food safety, according to a May 14 story in the Los Angeles Times.