FDA Announces Food Safety Meeting

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced “A New Era of Smarter Food Safety,” a public meeting “to get input from a broad cross-section of stakeholders on a modern approach the Agency is taking to strengthen its protection of the food supply.” The meeting, which will be held October 21, 2019, is intended to “foster a dialogue with our domestic and international regulatory and public health partners, industry, consumers, academia, and others,” and input will “be used to shape an FDA Blueprint for a New Era of Smarter Food Safety.”