FDA Director of Food Safety Leaves Agency

The FDA’s director of food safety is leaving the agency for an academic post.

Stephen Sundlof, who has been with the FDA 16 years, will join the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine.

The deputy director of regulatory affairs at the food-safety center, Michael Landa, will become its acting chief.

Some consumer advocates and members of Congress have called for a separate food-safety agency that would combine the oversight authority of the FDA’s food section and the Department of Agriculture.