U.S. food safety policy is being rewritten in real time. FDA has moved GRAS reform into rulemaking, opened post-market reviews of long-standing food chemicals, begun defining ultra-processed foods and finalizing front-of-package nutrition labeling, and is leaning more heavily on state inspection capacity. USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service has replaced its withdrawn Salmonella framework with pilot testing of biomapping and process-based controls, is reorganizing its operations, and has opened the door to modernization of dairy and other long-standing programs. Meanwhile, more than thirty states have advanced their own ingredient bills, and early court rulings are beginning to test where state authority ends and federal preemption begins. This panel convenes leaders with deep regulatory, scientific, and policy experience from across the food safety community to move past the headlines and into the trade-offs, identifying the priorities that will shape the food safety agenda for regulators, industry, and consumer advocates well into 2027 in the name of safer food.