
Jessica O'Connell
Jessica P. O'Connell is a partner at Covington & Burling and co-chairs the firm's global Food, Drug, and Device Practice Group.
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Sep 8, 2026
Food Safety in the Spotlight
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15:41Wayne PinesHOST
Just generally speaking, what are the big issues that FDA is facing in the foods area? I want to do a deep dive into some of them I know you're going to mention, but what are the big areas that FDA needs to address?

Jessica O'ConnellGUEST
Well, I think, you know, we saw at the beginning of 2026 when FDA put out their priority deliverables for the human foods program, it was quite an ambitious list with a lot of very specific goals.

Jessica O'ConnellGUEST
You know, I think we've seen them kind of work towards accomplishing a lot of those.

Jessica O'ConnellGUEST
One is I think the continuing evolution of the inspectorate and how that is overseen and how expertise is really could have utilized within the investigators that are inspecting food facilities.
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