Whistle Blower or firing someone to show some type of action is taking place? BD
Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- David Kessler, the former U.S. drug regulator fired as dean of the University of California at San Francisco's medical school, said he was let go after pointing out that a university fund had $100 million less than he was told it would have when he joined the school.
Kessler, 56, said in an e-mail sent to UCSF personnel yesterday that he was terminated Dec. 13 while trying to resolve problems that arose from his role as a ``whistle-blower.'' Bloomberg News received a copy of the e-mail, and Kessler confirmed in a telephone interview it was authentic. He then e- mailed further documentation on his charges.
In May, Kessler testified before the House Oversight Committee in Washington on the FDA's inability to regulate food safety in the U.S. Administrative funds for his office were set to reach $71.8 million for 2007-2008, according to spreadsheets provided by Kessler after an interview. An audit later showed the discretionary spending fund to be $31.9 million in debt, a $103.7 million difference, according to the documents supplied by Kessler.
``Simply put, our food safety system is broken,'' Kessler said then. `` The reality is that there is currently no mandate, no leadership, no resources, nor scientific research base for prevention of food safety problems.''
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