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Office of Communications, Education & Engagement

Office of Communications, Education & Engagement

Ensuring that food is a vehicle for wellness is the vision of the FDA’s Human Foods Program (HFP). It is our mission to protect and promote the health and wellness of people through science-based approaches to prevent foodborne illness, reduce diet-related chronic disease and ensure chemicals in food are safe.

The Office of Communications, Education & Engagement  (OCEE) supports this mission by managing communications, consumer education and public engagement strategies and activities for HFP.

The office comprises:

  • Internal Communications Staff
  • Division of External Communications
  • Division of Public Engagement and Information
  • Division of Web, Visual and Virtual Communications
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What We Do

  • Ensure HFP’s effective communication, education, information sharing and engagement with a variety of internal and external audiences, including consumers, public health professionals, regulated industry, trade groups, government partners, including local and tribal governments, academia, and media in support of FDA programs and HFP priorities.
  • Provide strategic communications and internal and external engagement guidance to HFP leadership and program staff on a wide range of issues, leveraging opportunities, identifying, and addressing risks and supporting collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Build and foster relationships among internal and external stakeholders to ensure that HFP’s policies are informed and relevant and communicated in ways that are meaningful and effective.
  • Coordinate with FDA’s External Affairs, Media Affairs, and other communications counterparts, as well as those in other Federal agencies and departments.
  • Implement and manage HFP’s internal and external communications, information sharing and engagement activities.

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