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Office of Surveillance Strategy & Risk Prioritization

Office of Surveillance Strategy and Risk Prioritization

Ensuring that food is a vehicle for wellness is the vision of the FDA’s Human Foods Program. It is our mission to protect and promote the health and wellness of people through science-based approaches to prevent foodborne illness, reduce diet-related chronic disease and ensure chemicals in food are safe.

The Office of Surveillance Strategy and Risk Prioritization (OSSRP) supports this mission by leading HFP’s overall surveillance strategy development, oversight, and associated activities to assess the overall state of the food supply. The office also provides the overall risk-informed framework to inform recommendations and decision-making for HFP priorities. OSSRP uses a comprehensive, integrated approach to detect and assess hazards, new and emerging risks, to assess the overall state of the food supply, including prevalence of various hazards across food commodities.  

This office comprises:

  • Advisory and Operations Staff
  • Division of Surveillance and Data Integration
  • Division of Risk Assessment and Prioritization
  • Division of Evaluation and Population Health Sciences

 What We Do

  • Develop and facilitate public health analytics and signal detection for the HFP.
  • Design and evaluate a dynamic, integrated work planning approach that optimizes HFP resource allocation.
  • Lead and conduct scientific assessments and communicate our findings.
  • Lead public health risk ranking and the initial application of prioritization criteria for HFP risk management strategies and associated resources.
  • Collaborate and consult with risk managers in other HFP Offices on hazard identification and characterization, on the results of risk assessments, and on the development of risk management strategies for addressing priorities.
  • Guide, in coordination with the HFP’s Office of Strategic Planning, application of established, risk-informed priorities for multi-year research, sampling, and inspections planning.

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