Most often, you are your family’s first defense, says FDA leader

The last place you may expect to face a national security threat is at the dinner table. But that’s the first concern for Frank Yiannas, MPH ’03, the FDA’s deputy commissioner for food policy and response.

Is our food supply safe? What are the greatest risks? How can consumers protect themselves and what precautions should they take?

Yiannas makes sure he knows the answers.

Read the full story in the USF Magazine, Summer 2021.

Story by Joey Johnston, ’81