This interactive roundtable is intended to engender lively discussion of important topics in food safety. It is assumed audience participants will have a basic understanding of the unresolved issues surrounding the topics in the symposium. The session will cover three topics: “Risk of illness from raw sprout consumption cannot be adequately controlled”; “Effective HACCP programs should negate the need for routine finished product testing yet customer requests for such testing are increasing”; and “Recalls are not an effective tool in the food safety tool box.” Each topic will include a 9-min presentation in support of (PRO) followed by a 9-min presentation in opposition to (CON) the proposed question. Each speaker will prepare a minimum of 2–3 slides. Each speaker will have 3-min for extemporaneous rebuttals. A 6-min question/answer session will then follow to allow for audience participation. We will have electronic voter buttons for the audience to use to vote Yes/No/Undecided. A vote is taken at the beginning and again at the end to see whether people’s views have changed. 1) Risk of illness from raw sprout consumption cannot be adequately controlled. Pro: Michelle Smith, FDA/CFSAN; Con; Robert Tauxe, CDC 2) Effective HACCP programs should negate the need for routine finished product testing yet customer requests for such testing are increasing. Pro: Tim Freier, Cargill, Incorporated; Con: Tim Jackson, Nestlé USA, Inc. 3) Recalls are not an effective tool in the food safety tool box. Pro: Robert Brackett, Institute for Food Safety and Health, Illinois Institute of Technology; Con: Barbara Kowalcyk, Center for Foodborne Illness Research & Prevention.