About Us
FoodRisk.org is the responsibility of the Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN), a collaboration between the University of Maryland (UM) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). A steering committee, comprised of five members from JIFSAN and the FDA, oversees the development and operation of the Clearinghouse.
Steering Committee Members
Jianghong Meng, DVM, MPVM, PhD. - (Chair) Interim Director, JIFSAN
jmeng@umd.edu
Paul Mazzocchi, Ph.D. - Associate Director, JIFSAN & Director, Master in Life Sciences Program, UM
pmazzocc@umd.edu
Elizabeth M. Calvey, Ph.D. - Deputy Associate Director, JIFSAN - FDA
ecalvey@cfsan.fda.gov
Sherri Dennis, Ph.D. - Risk Analysis Coordinator, FDA
Sherri.Dennis@cfsan.fda.gov
Cristina McLaughlin - Economist, Division of Market Studies, FDA
Cristina.McLaughlin@cfsan.fda.gov
FoodRisk.org staff
Updates to the site are managed by staff members working closely with the office of JIFSAN. Staff members comprise of graduate, undergraduate and post-graduate students from the University of Maryland.
Kyle Mckillop - IT Support/Programming, JIFSAN kmckillo@umd.edu |
Paul Guevara - Graphic Designer/Programmer, JIFSAN pguevara@umd.edu |
Mission Statement
Our mission, as described in The May 1997 Report to the President on the National Food Safety Initiative, is to establish a clearinghouse that would collect and catalogue available data and methodology on food safety risk analysis offered by the private sector, trade associations, federal and state agencies, and international sources.
Goals
The goals identified for the Clearinghouse to date include: consolidating risk analysis research data and methodology from public and proprietary sources, assisting coordination of research activities, identifying gaps in needed research, and assisting the development of food safety risk assessment models. While initial emphasis was on microbial pathogens and their toxins, this is being expanded to other chemicals and toxins.
Interagency Risk Assessment Consortium (IRAC)
This group of representatives from all of the government agencies with any food safety responsibilities (FDA, USDA, EPA, CDC, NMFS, NIH, DOD) was organized to help coordinate the activities of these groups and reduce redundancies. At this page you can find the IRAC charter, the IRAC annual plan, the IRAC quarterly meeting notes and the names of the IRAC representatives.
Newsletter Archives
Here we provide access to past Clearinghouse newsletters.
About Keywords
Here we discuss the methodology and sources behind keywords used in our database.
