The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Wednesday that it will hold a public meeting on October 21, 2019, to hear from stakeholders on a new approach to food safety.
The meeting, entitled “A New Era of Smarter Food Safety,” is part of an ongoing agency effort to create a “Strategic Blueprint” for food safety regulation. The effort was first announced on April 30, 2019.
“We intend for the strategic plan to outline how this new approach will address public health challenges, including being able to trace sources of contaminated foods and using new predictive analytics tools like artificial intelligence to assess risks and prioritize the agency’s work and resources,” FDA said of the meeting in a press release.
The meeting will include breakout sessions on topics including “traceability, smarter tools for prevention, evolving business models and retail food safety, and food safety culture,” according to FDA’s press release.
