The Thursday Town Hall at the 2022 Food Safety Summit centered on a conversation with top regulators and advisory groups about the key issues, updates, and initiatives happening within their organizations. In true town hall fashion, the audience was invited to participate in a robust Q&A session—moderated by Gary Ades, Ph.D., President of G&L Consulting Group and Chair of the Food Safety Summit Educational Advisory Board—with the regulatory panelists.
The panelists included Rob Tauxe, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases (DFWED) and the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Steve Mandernach, Executive Director at the Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO); Sandra Eskin, Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA); and Frank Yiannis, Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).