The closing session of the 2022 Food Safety Summit focused on the realities and challenges of sanitation in food processing facilities, as well as how facilities can use sanitation verification data and analysis as tools to drive hygienic improvements.

During the Thursday morning Town Hall at the 2022 Food Safety Summit, top food safety regulators from FDA, USDA, CDC, and AFDO discussed initiatives and advances in food traceability, food safety policy, recalls, pathogen monitoring, food safety culture, and a number of other timely areas. 

An interactive educational session with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday morning of the 2022 Food Safety Summit examined how advancing traceability and adopting new tracing technologies can help protect consumers from contaminated food.

Wednesday at the 2022 Food Safety Summit began with a keynote presentation that featured a panel of regulatory and industry representatives who discussed their perspectives on the future, implementation, and importance of food safety culture.

Food safety leaders at nationally recognized restaurant chains gathered at the 2022 Food Safety Summit to discuss the importance of developing food safety management systems (FSMS), as well as ideas on how to develop FSMS.

A panel of experts from regulatory, state agriculture, and consumer advocacy groups shared their views on recall modernization and improvement at a Wednesday educational session at the 2022 Food Safety Summit.

During a Tuesday afternoon workshop of the 2022 Food Safety Summit, regulators and the regulated industry shared suggestions for how to better communicate together and meet regulated requirements while maintaining a sensible level of operational necessity.

The 2022 Food Safety Summit opened with a mock civil trial focusing on a fatal listeriosis outbreak. The workshop was led by attorneys from Food Industry Counsel LLC and included witness testimony, cross-examination, and a jury of conference attendees.

The Tuesday workshops at the 2022 Food Safety Summit featured an education session on the importance of food safety audits, the types of food safety audits that can be employed, and the benefits of sharing ownership of auditing.

Food Safety Magazine recently announced that Joe Stout, R.S., will receive the magazine's Distinguished Service Award at the 2022 Food Safety Summit, taking place May 9–12 in Rosemont, Illinois.