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Assessing Acrylamide in the U.S. Food Supply: Public Meeting September 30, 2002 Welcome and Meeting Objectives

Assessing Acrylamide in the U.S. Food Supply: Public Meeting September 30, 2002 Welcome and Meeting Objectives. Joseph A. Levitt Director Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition U.S. Food and Drug Administration Department of Health and Human Services. Overall Goal.

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Assessing Acrylamide in the U.S. Food Supply: Public Meeting September 30, 2002 Welcome and Meeting Objectives

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  1. Assessing Acrylamide in the U.S. Food Supply: Public MeetingSeptember 30, 2002Welcome and Meeting Objectives Joseph A. Levitt Director Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition U.S. Food and Drug Administration Department of Health and Human Services

  2. Overall Goal Through scientific investigation and risk management decision making, prevent and/or reduce potential risk of acrylamide in foods to the greatest extent feasible Department of Health and Human Services

  3. Meeting Objectives • Present Scientific Overview of Acrylamide in Foods • Present FDA Draft Action Plan • Obtain Public Comments Department of Health and Human Services

  4. Scientific Overview of Acrylamide in Foods • What We Know and Don’t Know • Toxicology • Formation in foods • Occurrence in foods • Exposure from foods Department of Health and Human Services

  5. TODAY’S PRESENTATIONS • Major Components of Draft Action Plan • Inter-Agency Efforts • Exploratory Survey Data • Consumer Messages Department of Health and Human Services

  6. Public Comments • Input on adequacy of the plan to assess potential risk of acrylamide in food • Recommendations on changes to improve the overall plan • Written comments by October 30, 2002 Department of Health and Human Services

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