Tim Jackson, Ph.D., is the Senior Science Advisor for Food Safety at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (FDA CFSAN). Dr. Jackson is a leader in food safety research, regulation, food microbiology, and food safety for global markets, guiding the implementation of Quality Management Systems, FSMA, and the Safe Foods for Canadians Act. Dr. Jackson currently serves as the President of the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP).
At the 2023 Food Safety Summit, a dynamic workshop brought together leading experts to introduce the concepts, methods, and different tools of root cause analysis (RCA). Participants learned how to dig into systems and find meaningful data to identify the root causes of issues develop impactful solutions that prevent problems from recurring. An RCA session at the 2024 Summit will further explore these concepts.
This article discusses applied RCA and the Food Safety Summit associated education offered on this topic.
