There and Back Again: A Regulator’s Year in Industry

After leaving the FDA in 2025, CFSAN Senior Advisor and Consumer Safety Officer Don Kautter joined The Acheson Group as a food safety consultant. After a year on the industry’s side of the table, Don accepted a call to return to government service with the Agency. What did he learn from time in the industry? What surprised or excited him? What will he carry back to the FDA? In this session of TAG Talks, TAG Host Ben Miller discusses these and other topics with Don, providing some new insights into the Agency/Industry dynamics.