DOMENIC J. VENEZIANO is an Independent FDA Regulatory and Strategic Consultant to Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A. He works closely with ST&R’s FDA Practice Group to advise importers, exporters, producers, and distributors of commodities regulated by the Food and Drug Administration to ensure that they and their facilities comply with FDA laws and regulations.
Mr. Veneziano is a 24-year veteran of the FDA and the U.S. Public Health Service and served for more than ten years as the director of the FDA’s Division of Import Operations and Policy, where he enforced import laws, developed and implemented field operational policy and procedures covering over 320 ports of entry, and advised FDA senior executives on all issues related to import operations. He had prominent roles in the oversight of the FDA’s National Import Operations Program, including the development and implementation of the PREDICT targeting system and the Import Trade Auxiliary Communications System, the integration of U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Automated Commercial Environment with FDA systems, and the implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act and the FDA Safety and Innovation Act. He also represented the FDA on the ACE/International Trade Data System board of directors and the Border Interagency Executive Council.
Mr. Veneziano began his FDA career in 1992 as a field investigator in the New England District, where he conducted domestic and foreign inspections and investigations. In 1998 he became a supervisory investigator responsible for assessing inspectional reports, evaluating investigators’ findings and the supporting evidence, and endorsing classifications. In 2003 he established, staffed, and directed the Prior Notice Center, the FDA’s first 24/7/365 operational office.
Mr. Veneziano holds a B.S. in engineering from the University of Maine.
Domenic Veneziano is not admitted to the practice of law.