Former FDA chief Lester Crawford was charged Monday with lying about his ownership of stock in companies regulated by his agency.Crawford allegedly failed to disclose income from stock options in Embrex Inc., a biotech company on whose board of directors he used to sit, which is regulated by the FDA. Also problematic were his stock holdings with Pepsico Inc. and food group Sysco Corp. while he chaired the FDA’s Obesity Working Group, which made decisions affecting food and drink manufacturers.
The Justice Department accused the former head of the Food and Drug Administration with falsely reporting that he had sold stock in companies when he continued holding onto shares in the firms governed by FDA rules.
Crawford was nominated in February 2005 by President Bush to head the FDA, but abruptly resigned in September of last year. He previously served as Administrator of the Food Safety and Inspection Service for the USDA under Daddy Bush.
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