Association of Food and Drug Officials

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Fresh Take Fridays — Using Super Intelligence for Food Safety at the FDA

Start December 11, 2026

Virtual / Live

About

This session in AFDO’s Fresh Take Fridays spinoff focused on artificial intelligence and tech will explore practical, real-world applications of super intelligence (SI) across the food industry, including how it can support activities such as product identification, labeling and information review, monitoring, data analysis, and food safety decision-making. The webinar also will share examples of how FDA is using the technology.

Time
Noon-1 p.m. ET

Who Should Attend

Location

Travel

Course Length

Seat Limit

Who You Will Learn From

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John (Chuck) Hassenplug
FDA
John (Chuck) Hassenplug is currently a Senior Policy Analyst in FDA’s Human Food Program, Office of Surveillance Strategy & Risk Prioritization. He leads modeling and analysis work to support risk-informed resource allocation of FDA’s food safety program. Since joining FDA in 2007, he has held positions evaluating FDA’s regulatory programs and as a Division Director overseeing the Agency’s annual field work plan. Prior to joining FDA, Chuck served as an analyst with the U.N. World Food Programme in Rome. He has a BSc. in Bioengineering and a MSc. in International Healthcare Management, Economics, and Policy.

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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.