Richard Williams

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Richard Williams is a 27-year veteran of the Food and Drug Administration who specializes in economic and risk analyses in food safety and nutrition.

Dr. Williams currently serves on two boards, the Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences and is Chair of the Center for Truth in Science. He previously served on EPA’s Science Advisory Board.

Wealth Precedes Health. Policy Should Reflect That. 

"Government policies including excessive taxation and regulation, directly taking property, and weak patent and copyright protection can negatively affect wealth in rich and poor countries." ~Richard Williams

Wealth Precedes Health. Policy Should Reflect That. 

Risk Analysis for Children’s Health

"Given that the benefits to children from lowering exposure to any of the FDA or EPA chemicals may be negligible to non-existent, we would likely be better off addressing more…

Risk Analysis for Children’s Health

Risk Analysis for Children’s Health

"Given that the benefits to children from lowering exposure to any of the FDA or EPA chemicals may be negligible to non-existent, we would likely be better off addressing more…

Risk Analysis for Children’s Health

FDA’s Non Solution

"HACCP is not a solution; it’s an instruction to find a solution. In this case, water contamination on farms, the FDA should admit it doesn’t have a solution. Sometimes, that’s…

FDA’s Non Solution

Fixing Food: An FDA Insider Unravels the Myths and the Solutions

"It’s time to readjust our perspectives on food and our misconceptions about the FDA. Just because one approach worked in 1906 for addressing different problems doesn’t mean that those same…

Fixing Food: An FDA Insider Unravels the Myths and the Solutions