President's Council on Food Safety

Establishes the President's Council on Food Safety, co-chaired by the Secretaries of Agriculture and HHS and the President's Science Advisor, to develop a comprehensive strategic plan for federal food safety activities and coordinate budgets and research across agencies. The Council aims to create a seamless, science-based food safety system through improved interagency coordination.

Federal Register Open PDF 63 FR 45661

Key directives

Establish President's Council on Food Safety with specified agency heads
Develop comprehensive strategic Federal food safety plan with measurable outcome goals
Advise agencies on priority areas for investment in food safety
Ensure annual coordinated food safety budgets for OMB submission
Ensure annual unified budget for President's Food Safety Initiative
Direct JIFSR to establish mechanisms to guide Federal research priorities and report regularly
JIFSR to develop strategic plan for food safety research activities
JIFSR to coordinate Federal food safety research with private sector and academia

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

Council establishment with designated members
Joint Chairs designated

Near term (90d)

Development of comprehensive strategic Federal food safety plan
Consultation with stakeholders

Long term

Annual coordinated food safety budgets
Ongoing JIFSR research coordination and reporting
Implementation of seamless science-based food safety system

Risks & tensions

No explicit deadlines or calendar dates for plan completion or budget coordination
Joint chair structure (three co-chairs) may create coordination challenges
Council has advisory authority only; cannot compel agency compliance (Sec. 5 preserves statutory responsibilities)
'As appropriate' qualifier appears repeatedly, limiting mandatory scope of consultation and cooperation
JIFSR reporting frequency 'on a regular basis' is undefined