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Nov 24, 2015 · David A. Kessler, M.D. served as Commissioner of Food and Drugs from November 8, 1990 to February 28, 1997. In his oral history, he recounts how he led the agency’s response to the
Nov 26, 1996 · Dr. David A. Kessler, the Commissioner of Food and Drugs who has fought for the regulation of tobacco, worked to standardize nutrition labeling and taken steps to speed the Federal drug...
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Nov 26, 1996 · David A. Kessler, who extended the regulatory authority of the Food and Drug Administration over products from orange juice to tobacco, announced yesterday that he will resign early next year.
David A. Kessler. David Aaron Kessler (born May 13, 1951) is an American pediatrician, attorney, author, and administrator (both academic and governmental) serving as Chief Science Officer of the White House COVID-19 Response Team since 2021. Kessler was the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from November 8, 1990, to ...
November 25, 1996. Web posted at: 11:50 p.m. EST. WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Dr. David Kessler, the architect of the Clinton administration's push to regulate tobacco, is leaving his post as...
His crowning achievement came as he left office. That was when the first-ever FDA regulations of tobacco went into effect on Feb. 28, 1997, forbidding merchants from selling tobacco to minors. On leaving the agency, Kessler wrote in Newsweek, "Both the agency and I have been vilified. I feel very strongly, however, that if you believe in what ...
