The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will host a virtual public meeting on food allergen thresholds and their potential applications in the U.S. on February 18, followed by listening sessions on February 19 and 20. FDA will hold these events in collaboration with various stakeholders, including industry representatives, consumer groups, healthcare professionals, individual companies, retailers, and academic researchers. These collaborative efforts will help inform the agency's next steps, prioritize potential options, and advance FDA food allergen threshold approaches to benefit public health. 

The events will feature presentations to provide background on FDA's major food allergen requirements, current regulatory frameworks, risk assessment methodologies for establishing food allergen thresholds, potential applications of risk-based food allergen thresholds and communication, and global approaches to food allergen management. Additionally, three panels will address risk-based food allergen threshold concepts, risk communication and labeling strategies, and potential applications for implementing food allergen thresholds.