Ted Poplawski

       Ted Poplawski is currently Special Assistant to the Director in FDA’s Division of Import Operations. The Division is responsible for evaluating and developing FDA import policies and procedures. The division coordinates FDA’s coverage of imported products, including FDA’s Import Alert system.

        He has been in DIOP for the last 22 years. His primary duty is working with other government agencies and developing import policy and procedures. Before moving to DIOP, he was a chemist for 13 years at the FDA laboratory in New York where he performed a wide range of analysis but specialized in heavy metals and food additive analysis.