Opening Session: FDA & USDA's Vision for Safer Food
Dr. Mindy Brashears, Under Secretary for Food Safety, USDA and Dr. Donald A. Prater, Acting Deputy Commissioner for Food, FDA (invited) will present followed by a Fireside Chat interview moderated by Brian Ronholm, Director of Food Policy, CR.
9:00 AM - 10:15 AMWed
Grand Ballroom ABC, 1st level
Food Safety
As the U.S. food safety landscape undergoes major transformation, this session will explore evolving regulatory priorities at FDA and USDA, highlighting modernization efforts in oversight, surveillance and policy. With FDA's Human Foods Program restructuring and USDA FSIS advancing pathogen control strategies, Dr. Mindy Brashears, Under Secretary for Food Safety, USDA and Dr. Donald A. Prater, Acting Deputy Commissioner for Food, FDA will share updates on a variety of topics including but not limited to the salmonella rule, traceability, preventive controls and ingredient oversight.