In a farewell message published online last week, Al Almanza announced his retirement--effective July 31, 2017--from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). He was with the agency for 39 years, most recently serving as Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety and FSIS Administrator.
“As I look back over my ten years leading the Agency, I am proud of the accomplishments we have made together as FSIS has continually looked for ways to improve food safety and become more efficient.” says Almanza.