Tale of the Cocktail Napkin: The Origin of the Effort to Develop a Nationally Integrated Food Safety System, Part 1

The idea of creating a nationally integrated food safety system began with scribbles on a cocktail napkin at a lounge called Studebaker’s in Rockville, Md., 25 years ago. In this three-part webinar series, senior adviser of the Association of Food & Drug Officials Joe Corby and others discuss the history of the effort. In part one of this three-part series, the speakers discussed the vision and early hurdles for a nationally integrated food safety system.