Association of Food and Drug Officials

Association of Food and Drug Officials

Many perspectives, one voice, since 1896.

What’s new with AFDO

AFDO Conference 2025

Retail HACCP Plan Review Service

Active Managerial Control for Leaders

Professional Credential Series

State Legislation Tracking

AFDO Annual Training Offerings

We are government officials. We are public health officials. We are university researchers. We are industry executives. We are university professors. We are consumer advocates.

We are the Association of Food and Drug Officials.

Despite our differences, we share a common goal — to improve public health through uniform laws, regulations, and guidelines for:

Upcoming Events

28
May

AFDO Produce Committee Year-End Meeting

Virtual event
29
May

Combined AFDO International and Government Relations and Laboratory, Scientific, and Technology Committee Year-End Meeting

Virtual event
29
May

AFDO Food Protection Education Resource Collection Committee Year-End Meeting

Virtual event
30
May

AFDO Alumni Committee Year-End Meeting

Virtual event
01
Jun

2025 AFDOSS Annual Educational Conference

Greenville, SC
02
Jun

AFDO Food Recovery Committee Year-End Meeting

Virtual event
03
Jun

AFDO Food Defense Committee Year-End Meeting

Virtual event
03
Jun

AFDO Industry Membership Committee Year-End Meeting

Virtual event
04
Jun

AFDO Cannabis Committee Year-End Meeting

Virtual event
05
Jun

AFDO Body Art Committee Year-End Meeting

Virtual event
05
Jun

AFDO Foodborne Illness and Emergency Response Committee Year-End Meeting

Virtual event
21
Jun

129th AFDO Annual Educational Conference

Dallas, TX
08
Jul

Active Managerial Control for Industry

Orlando, FL
15
Jul

Basic Inspections and Investigations Course for New Manufactured and Retail Regulators Train-the-Trainer

Reynoldsburg, OH
13
Nov

2025 Combination Products Summit

Providence, RI
02
Dec

2025 MCAFDO Annual Educational Conference

San Antonio, TX
28
May

AFDO Produce Committee Year-End Meeting

Virtual event
29
May

Combined AFDO International and Government Relations and Laboratory, Scientific, and Technology Committee Year-End Meeting

Virtual event
29
May

AFDO Food Protection Education Resource Collection Committee Year-End Meeting

Virtual event
30
May

AFDO Alumni Committee Year-End Meeting

Virtual event
01
Jun

2025 AFDOSS Annual Educational Conference

Greenville, SC
02
Jun

AFDO Food Recovery Committee Year-End Meeting

Virtual event

Connecting food & medical product safety professionals

AFDO works with food and medical product professionals representing a host of disciplines, including industry, government, academia, and consumer groups. This connection of diverse groups allows for a richer exchange of information, often resulting in a unified voice advocating for regulations and positions on food and medical product safety.

Sharing perspectives in an open and collaborative forum

AFDO’s activities are focused on providing opportunities to share and collaborate as our members work towards common goals. These opportunities include annual conferences; participation on boards and committees; work on publications and best practices; and developing official regulatory positions on food and medical-product safety matters.

Impacting regional, national and international regulatory issues

Through the connections and sharing of information, AFDO presents a unified voice for vital improvements in the food and medical-product safety regulatory environment. It is through this advocacy that member contributions help to shape rules, laws, and regulations while improving best practices. Knowing that their input is being represented and respected provides a greater sense of personal and professional satisfaction for our members and stakeholders.

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Working to protect the health and welfare of the global community

By advancing more effective regulations — our members work together to network share, and impact their communities. But the ultimate benefit is protecting public health throughout the world. This worthy endeavor is why AFDO members freely give their time, energy, and expertise. Each person regardless of whether they represent regulation, industry, consumers, or educators is seeking to protect the public.

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The Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) is a regulatory organization that connects food and medical-products safety stakeholders and impacts the regulatory environment by shaping sound, science-based rules, law, regulations, and sharing best practices that protect public health.