Proposed Human Foods Program Organization Chart 1

(Updated Dec. 6, 2023)

The Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods will report directly to the FDA Commissioner and have 

full authority over all components of the Human Foods Program (HFP), including foods resources in 

the Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA). The Deputy Commissioner will be supported by an executive 

leadership team and will work closely with other FDA executives to ensure priorities are appropriately 

coordinated and advanced, particularly with a senior official in ORA focused on human-foods related 

activities and resources and the Director of the Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM).

Office of 

Executive Programs

Deputy Commissioner 

for Human Foods

*Includes Office of Critical Foods 

**OIFSSP will work in close coordination with the Center for Veterinary Medicine

***OLOAS will work in close coordination with the Office of the Chief Scientist and Center for Veterinary Medicine 

Commissioner of

Food and Drugs

Office of 

Quality Assessment 

& Management

Office of 

Strategic Programs

Office of

Microbiological 

Food Safety

Office of 

Food Chemical Safety, 

Dietary Supplements 

& Innovation

Office of 

Resource 

Management

Office of 

Surveillance Strategy 

and Risk Prioritization

Nutrition Center 

of Excellence*

Office of 

Communications, 

Education & 

Engagement

Office of 

Compliance & 

Enforcement

Office of 

Policy & International

Engagement

Office of 

Laboratory 

Operations & 

Applied Science***

Office of 

Integrated Food 

Safety System

Partnerships**

Office of 

CORE & Emergency 

Preparedness

Department of Health and Human Services

Food and Drug Administration

Human Foods Program

(Updated Dec. 6, 2023) Note: The proposed changes reflected here are not approved and will not be 

implemented until all required reorganization steps have been met.

Proposed Human Foods Program 

Organization Chart

Risk Management Functions: Managing public health risks through three 

areas of focus

•	 The Nutrition Center of Excellence, which includes the Office of Critical Foods, will 

work to reduce diet-related chronic diseases, improve health equity, and ensure the 

safety and nutritional adequacy of infant formula. 

•	 The Office of Microbiological Food Safety will work to advance prevention strategies 

and reduce the burden of pathogen-related foodborne illness. 

•	 The Office of Food Chemical Safety, Dietary Supplements, and Innovation will work 

to modernize and strengthen oversight of food chemical safety, advance dietary 

supplement safety, and enable the HFP to support and effectively regulate food 

ingredient innovation. 

Descriptions of proposed HFP offices:

Note: The proposed changes reflected here are not approved and will not be implemented until all required reorganization steps have been met.
Proposed Human Foods Program Organization Chart 2

(Updated Dec. 6, 2023)

Strategic Management Functions: Leveraging data to better prioritize 

activities and resources based on risk

•	 The Office of Surveillance Strategy and Risk Prioritization will oversee the foods 

establishment inventory, receive and analyze reports of potential food safety or quality 

problems, analyze trends from surveillance activities, and use all available data to 

detect risk signals. It will also consolidate risk analyses to enable risk prioritization 

across the foods program.

•	 The Office of Strategic Programs will leverage HFP’s risk prioritization framework to 

facilitate strategic planning and performance management across the HFP, including 

ORA foods activities, and evaluate progress towards annual and multi-year priorities.

•	 The Office of Executive Programs will ensure the accomplishment of operational 

and policy goals set by the Deputy Commissioner and HFP executive team. 

Leveraging HFP’s risk prioritization framework, it will plan and coordinate activities to 

meet these goals.

•	 The Office of Resource Management will conduct business operations, including 

human resources and budget.

Cross-Cutting Functions: Supporting risk management priorities

•	 The Office of Integrated Food Safety System Partnerships will coordinate work 

with state and local regulators and certain aspects of international food safety 

partnerships to strengthen the Integrated Food Safety System. 

•	 The Office of Compliance and Enforcement will carry out compliance and 

enforcement actions to support the risk management priorities of the HFP. 

•	 The Office of Coordinated Outbreak Response and Evaluation (CORE) & Emergency 

Preparedness will ensure that the agency is prepared to respond swiftly and efficiently 

to food-related outbreaks, such as recalls, and other food-related emergencies. 

•	 The Office of Communications, Education and Engagement will engage with 

stakeholders, including industry and consumer groups, and communicate around food 

safety and nutrition information and other HFP activities. 

•	 The Office of Policy and International Engagement will work on standard-setting and 

regulatory policy to support the risk management priorities of the HFP and engage 

with international industry and regulatory counterparts. 

•	 The Office of Laboratory Operations and Applied Science will coordinate the analyses, 

method development and research performed by HFP labs and collaborate with stateoperated laboratory partners.

•	 The Office of Quality Assessment & Management will evaluate the effectiveness of 

HFP programs and processes.

Note: The proposed changes reflected here are not approved and will not be implemented until all required reorganization steps have been met.