/>i- The Reagan-Udall Foundation (RUF) has released its Roadmap to Produce Safety: Summary of the Produce Safety Dialogue, which reflects input from produce sector stakeholders and is intended to serve as a “foundation for transformative change in produce safety management through collaboration.”
- According to the Roadmap, “the burden of illness associated with microbial and chemical contamination of fresh produce is the most significant and disruptive food safety problem still affecting the U.S. food system,” while fresh produce is also a category that consumers are encouraged to consume more of as part of a healthy diet.
- The Roadmap makes two primary recommendations to promote the availability of safe produce despite numerous foodborne illnesses and recalls challenging consumer trust and confidence:
- First, the produce supply chain should “implement a shared responsibility approach,” in which all stakeholders actively participate in risk-based produce safety efforts.
- Second, the supply chain should “form a structured, stakeholder led collaboration . . . led by influential stakeholders representing the diversity of the produce supply chain.”
- FDA has stated its commitment to engagement and collaboration with stakeholders to implement strategies to prevent foodborne illness from produce, including seeking executive leadership of the Office of Produce Safety, established under the 2024 reorganization of the Human Foods Program, which we previously blogged about.
- Keller and Heckman will continue to report on activities related to produce safety.
FDA’s Reagan-Udall Foundation Releases Roadmap to Produce Safety
Thursday, July 31, 2025
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