EPA's Mark Hartman Moving to FDA's Office of Food Chemical Safety, Dietary Supplements & InnovationEPA's Mark Hartman Moving to FDA's Office of Food Chemical Safety, Dietary Supplements & Innovation

Mark Hartman, deputy director for Programs in the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), will become director of the US Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Food Chemical Safety, Dietary Supplements, and Innovation (OFCSDSI) in its newly formed Human Foods Program, according to the National Law Review.

Hartman will begin his position at FDA on December 29, 2024. In his new role, Hartman intends to build an even stronger working relationship between EPA and FDA given the agencies’ common interests in sound scientific risk assessment and regulatory management.

The Office of Food Chemical Safety, Dietary Supplements & Innovation houses FDA programs for food chemical safety, dietary supplements, and foods made using innovative technologies. Under the Human Foods Program, the office is leveraging its scientific expertise across these product areas and developing a more nimble and systematic approach to evaluating chemicals in the food supply, the website states.

Hartman has been with EPA for more than 12 years. He served in the OPPT since 2017, and deputy director of the Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide Programs from 2016-2017. In 2015, he was the division director of IT and Resource Management Division. Martin began his career at EPA as associate director of the Biological and Economic Analysis Division; Office of Pesticide Programs.

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