• 2013 Advisory Council Annual Spring Symposium

  Conundrum of Defining Food Safety - The Case of the Moving Zero. April 18-19th, 2013. Marriott Hotel, Greenbelt, MD, USA.  Read More

• NOW OPEN: 2013 Fera-JIFSAN Annual Symposium Registration and Poster Session

  Registration for the 14th Annual Fera-JIFSAN Symposium is now open! The symposium will be held June 12-13, 2013 at the Harvey. W Wiley Building, Food and Drug Administration in College Park, Maryland, USA.  Read More

• International Center of Excellence in Food Risk Communication Marks 2nd Anniversary

  On Second Anniversary, International Center of Excellence in Food Risk Communication Expands Global Reach, Welcomes China’s Participation  Read More (foodinsight.org)

• Dr. David Lineback Explains Acrylamide

  Dr. Lineback is a carbohydrate chemist and food scientist with an extensive academic background, serving as the Director of JIFSAN from 1998-2005.  Read More (foodinsight.org)

• Pesticide Dietary Exposure Database and Software Now Available

  The EPA has released an updated version of the Dietary Exposure Evaluation Model-Food Commodity Intake Database (DEEM-FCID)/Calendex software (v. 3.18/9.14). This replaces the previous version posted on the EPA website and made available to the public in June 2012. As an additional move to increase the transparency and public availability of dietary exposure software, the data used by DEEM are available on the new FCID website hosted at fcid.foodrisk.org.  Read More (epa.gov)

• FDA and JIFSAN Announce Online Training for Aquaculture Producers and Importers

  The U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that it has partnered with the Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN) at the University of Maryland to offer a training module for aquaculture producers to help them comply with FDA regulations for importing seafood.  Read More

• Application for the 2013 Fellowship on Risk Analysis is now OPEN

  For the 2013 Summer Integrated Program (SIP), JIFSAN has the pleasure to support the course tuition for the Quantitative track for one qualified applicant.  Read More

• IFSTL Hosts Dr. Besser from ABC News for a Story on Hand Washing

  ABC News’ Chief Medical Editor Dr. Richard Besser, along with six graduate students from the University of Maryland, put soap and hand sanitizers to the test in the university’s international Food Safety Training Laboratory (IFSTL).  Read More

• JIFSAN Accepting Applications for Internships Beginning this Summer

  The JIFSAN internship program, a collaboration between the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the University of Maryland, has several positions available beginning in the summer of 2013 and continuing through the 2013-2014 academic year.  Read More

• Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN) receives $11 million award

  The Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN) is proud to announce it will receive $11 million dollars in funding, over the next five years, from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to help continue its mission of improving food safety, nutrition and public health around the world.  Read More

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