Updates to the 2013 FDA Food Code

The U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) publishes the Food Code, a model that assists food control jurisdictions at all levels of government by providing them with a scientifically sound technical and legal basis for regulating the retail and food service segment of the industry (restaurants and grocery stores and institutions such as nursing homes). Local, state, tribal, and federal regulators use the FDA Food Code as a model to develop or update their own food safety rules and to be consistent with national food regulatory policy. This presentation will provide recent updates from the 2013 FDA Food Code examine the science behind the changes and look into current and future research as it pertains to enhancing the Food Code.