CommentaryBy Sylvain CharleboisEvery summer, Canadians are reminded that fresh produce, while essential to a healthy diet, can also pose food safety risks. Food safety agencies have become remarkably sophisticated at tracing pathogens through increasingly complex supply chains. Artificial intelligence offers an opportunity to fundamentally rethink how food safety information reaches consumers. Food safety has always depended on science. The future of food safety will not be defined solely by faster laboratory testing or more sophisticated traceback investigations.