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Food Safety Policy, Science, and Risk Assessment: Strengthening the Connection: Workshop Proceedings

Released:: February 8, 2001
Type:: Workshop Summary
Topics:: Food and Nutrition, Public Health
Activity:: Food Forum
Board:: Food and Nutrition Board

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At this workshop held on July 13-14, 1999 by the Food Forum, FDA Commissioner, Jane Henney provided the keynote address and emphasized the importance of good science in regulatory decision making. USDA Undersecretary for Food Safety, Cathy Woteki spoke on the differences in food safety statutory authority among the agencies.

The remainder of the morning was spent exploring how science is utilized to set food safety policy and defining incidents that have led to changes in food safety policy. In the afternoon, other factors in addition to science that have led to changes in food safety policy were explored.

The second morning was spent exploring the utilization of science-based risk assessment to set food safety policy.

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