Communication plays an important role in maintaining the public’s trust in food safety, and thus facilitates food trade. This project proposes to develop an APEC food safety risk communication framework (the Framework), incorporating relevant principles on risk communication including transparency, clarity, consistency, timeliness and others. Building upon relevant international guidelines such as those published by FAO/WHO and Codex, the Framework will develop a set of logical steps to guide competent authorities to better handle communication in situations involving a food safety incident, and improve day-to-day communication to enhance the public’s trust in food safety. The Framework, which will also be a key reference for the food industry, will be developed through three workshops. Workshop 1 will establish the purpose and scope of the Framework and key principles for effective food safety risk communication. Workshop 2 will develop a practical guide to effective food safety risk communication. Workshop 3 will finalise and road-test the Framework.