Michael (“Mick”) Dutcher, DVM

Dr. Michael (Mick) Dutcher serves as the Deputy Associate Commissioner for Foods in FDA’s Office of Inspections and Investigations, leading the Food Products Inspectorate — FDA’s largest inspectorate with over 800 staff overseeing human and animal food inspections, investigations, and outbreak response. He has held progressively senior roles at FDA since joining in 2012, including District Director for the Minneapolis District Office and Division Director for HAF West 1, before assuming his current position in 2023. Dr. Dutcher has more than 25 years of federal service, with prior experience at USDA/APHIS and the New York National Guard, where he was commissioned as a captain. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan, a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Michigan State University, and has completed post-graduate work in pathology and epidemiology at the University of Illinois and the University of Maryland.