2026 Rapid Response Team (RRT) Annual Meeting
August 19 – 21, 2026
In-Person (Baltimore, MD)
About
The RRT Annual Meeting provides RRTs with a forum to share accomplishments, identify future directions and priorities, and commit to objectives for future RRT program work. The meeting will afford participants the opportunity to:
Foster collaboration and mentorship relationships, including discussing accomplishments of individual RRTs and lessons learned that can be applied to others, highlighting collaborative inter-RRT efforts and accomplishments, and sharing mentorship successes.
Discuss response best practices, including sharing response best practices noted during outbreaks and other human and animal food incidents, and discussing strategies to document and share those procedures.
Identify internal and external needs to facilitate RRT/RRT program success, including discussing program objectives within the 2023-2029 RRT Program Six-Year Plan, identifying goals for the upcoming year, and discussing strategies for achieving yearly milestones under the RRT Cooperative Agreement Program (CAP).
Discuss updates from stakeholders and partner programs, including discussing new opportunities for collaboration as well as new tools and resources.
Conference Site Information
Agenda
Traceability Rule Workshop
Join traceability experts from GS1 US as they guide you through a hands-on workshop that provides the base knowledge needed for key FSMA Rule 204 requirements. The workshop includes a hands-on exercise focused on tracing tomatoes from farm to fork. Explore challenges and solutions in sharing traceability information with trading partners.
We have two workshop sessions, one on Monday, August 17th for MFRPA attendees and the other on Wednesday, August 19th for RRT attendees. Both sessions deliver the same content. MFRPA will have a concurrent general session during the RRT workshop, so MFRPA attendees should not register for the Wednesday, August 19th session. Seating is limited, so pre-registration for this event (through the MFRPA or RRT Meeting Registration link) is required.
Contact Us
Questions about registration? Click here to send AFDO a message.
Questions about the meeting or agenda? Email Garrett Steiner at garrett.steiner@fda.hhs.gov or Steve Moris at smoris@afdo.org.
2026 RRT Meeting Schedule
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. ET – Traceability Rule Workshop
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
10:20 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET – MFRPA & RRT Joint Session
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET – RRT General Session
Thursday, August 20, 2026
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET – RRT General Session
Friday, August 21, 2026
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. ET – RRT General Session
