Food and Nutrition Board Food Forum

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is soliciting a firm-fixed-price purchase order for the Food and Nutrition Board Food Forum. The forum provides a meeting ground for representatives from government, industry, academia, and public interest groups to openly communicate about nutrition and food safety issues. The forum's discussions have included technical areas such as science communications for healthy diets, global food supply chains, and reducing nutrition-related risk factors for chronic disease. The FDA intends to solicit a 1-year base with four option periods from the National Academies. Some key areas of focus for the Food Forum include: • Science communications for healthy diets • Global food supply chains • Microplastics from food and water: state of the science • The Human Microbiome, Diet, and Health • Reducing the rates of nutrition-related risk factors for chronic disease • Optimizing health through improved nutrition • Providing healthy and safe foods for older adults • Reducing sodium in foods • Managing food safety practices from farm to table • Nutrition standards for foods in schools • Applications and validation of biomarkers and surrogate endpoints • Nutritional risk assessment: methods and data challenges