This interactive roundtable is intended to engender lively discussion of important food safety topics. It is assumed audience participants will have a basic understanding of the unresolved issues surrounding the topics to be discussed in the symposium. The session will cover three topics:  “Is shoe leather epidemiology dead in the age of Whole Genome Sequencing?”; “Is sustainability treading on food safety?”; and “Is sodium reduction in processed foods a risk to food safety?” Each topic will include a 7 minute presentation in support of (YES) followed by a 7 minute presentation in opposition of (NO) the proposed topic question.  Each speaker will have 3 minutes for extemporaneous rebuttals. A 6 minute question/answer session will then follow to allow for audience participation. We will have electronic polling of the audience to allow for a Yes/No vote on each topic question prior to and following the discussion to evaluate whether people’s views have been changed by the presentations.

1. Is Shoe Leather Epidemiology Dead in the Age of Whole Genome Sequencing?

2. Is Sustainability Treading on Food Safety?

3. Is Sodium Reduction in Processed Foods a Risk to Food Safety?

Panelists:

Eric Brown, FDA/CFSAN

Martin Wiedmann, Cornell University

Kathy Gombas, FDA/CFSAN

Peter Taormina, John Morrell & Co. 

Kathleen Glass, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Brent Kobielush, General Mills, Inc.

Presentations