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Agriculture
Secretary Ed Schafer announced the appointment of H. Scott
Hurd as deputy under secretary for food safety at the U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
The position had been open since Kurt Mann left last year.
Hurd comes to the Food Safety and Inspection Service from
Iowa State University, where he has served as an epidemiologist
in the College of Veterinary Medicine for the past three
years. At Iowa State, Hurd led research of epidemiology
and food risks affecting human health. He specializes in
salmonella, campylobacter and antibiotic resistance risk
assessments.
Prior to becoming an associate professor at Iowa State,
Hurd served in USDA's Agricultural Research Service and
the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service from 1989
to 2004. |
