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Dr. Morris E. Potter, a graduate of Purdue University, School of Veterinary Medicine in 1971, was named by the Food and Drug Administration as the director of its Food Safety Initiative, according to an American Veterinary Medical Association news release. The new program is part of the Clinton Administration's latest food safety efforts to reduce foodborne illnesses. A veterinarians' background and training naturally lends itself to positions of pioneering and leadership roles in the food safety arena," said Dr. Richard Swanson, President of the American Veterinary Medical Association. "Dr. Potter is an internationally recognized expert on foodborne diseases and has spent the last 25 years working for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Ga. As a veterinary epidemiologist, he understands that veterinarians have been vital participants in the important food safety process that has made the United States food supply among the safest in the world," Dr. Swanson added. "Most people go into veterinary medicine because they like dogs and cats, or grew up on a farm, not because they anticipate a career in preventing foodborne diseases," said Dr. Potter. Previously, while in the Republic of Cyprus, Dr. Potter established a liaison with pet owners in the community of Limassol, provided care for farm animals in a government clinic and inspected food for the export market. |
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