Food Safety Culture - Core Element 4 of the New Era of Smarter Food Safety Blueprint
We should foster, support, and strengthen food safety culture on farms, in food facilities, and in homes. We will not make dramatic improvements in reducing the burden of foodborne disease without doing more to influence and change human behavior, addressing how workers on farms and in food facilities think about food safety and how they demonstrate a commitment to this goal.
Other aspects of food safety culture have been highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic with a focus on keeping food workers safe and educating consumers cooking more at home on safe food handling practices. We must also look within to ensure that we, as regulators, are promoting the development of a global food safety culture.
Initiatives
Food Safety Culture Webinar Series Co-Hosted by FDA and STOP
The FDA and Stop Foodborne Illness, a non-profit public health organization, are collaborating on a webinar series that explores food safety culture.
Food Safety Culture/Food Safety Management Systems Research Findings
FDA released findings from a series of interviews with retail food organizations about the relationship between food safety culture and food safety management systems.
Food Safety Culture Systematic Literature Review
FDA released a systematic review of the scientific literature on food safety culture as a foundation for the FDA’s work on food safety culture with industry, consumers and within the agency.
Smarter Food Safety Core Elements
New Era of Smarter Food Safety Blueprint
- Core Element 1: Tech-enabled Traceability
- Core Element 2: Smarter Tools and Approaches for Prevention and Outbreak Response
- Core Element 3: New Business Models and Retail Modernization
- Core Element 4: Food Safety Culture
