Clare Narrod, Ph.D., is the Director of the Risk Analysis program at the Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN), which is a public-private partnership between the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the University of Maryland (UM), and the private sector. She leads the monitoring and impact effort associated with the evaluation of JIFSAN's capacity-building efforts. Prior to coming to JIFSAN, she worked at the International Food Policy Research Institute, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and at the Food and Agriculture Organization. She has consulted for the World Bank and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture.
There is national interest in protecting public health by reducing foodborne illness from Salmonella in poultry. The University of Maryland, in partnership with IAFNS and Structured Partnerships, have been collaborating with USDA-FSIS through a Cooperative Agreement to support data sharing with the aim of reducing Salmonella illnesses in humans.
Leveraging digital supply chain technologies—like blockchain, AI, and other solutions—can help importers comply with FDA's Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) more efficiently and effectively, while also improving supply chain transparency and reducing the risk of food safety incidents.
