Quadrilateral and Trilateral

The Quads and Trilateral Office is responsible for FDA’s bilateral interactions with our counterparts in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. In addition, this Office handles FDA’s involvement in the Quadrilateral Food Safety Group (Quads) which includes all food safety regulators in each of the four countries (including USDA and FDA from the United States). We work principally on sharing regulatory and enforcement information through confidentiality commitments between FDA and all our counterparts in these three countries. In addition, the Quads and Trilateral Office is responsible for handling collaboration with Canada and Mexico under the Trilateral Cooperation Charter. This forum allows us to share information and to collaborate on North American issues of common interest.

Quadrilateral and Trilateral Office

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