Tuesday June 4, 2024,         

Supply Chain, Programming, and Commodity Testing

8:10-8:30

Opening Remarks 

Dianna Darsney De Salcedo, AtA USAID/BHA Front Office

Wesley Harris, International Commodity Procurement Division Director USDA

8:30 – 9:00

Linking Supply Chain business processes to minimize losses and deliver fit-for-human consumption foods to recipients.

The WFP Bangladesh Case Study.  

Claudia MAHER/ Deblina SARKAR WFP         

9:00 – 9:30

Commodity Incident Management: the cost of commodity and supply chain incidents

Davor JANJATOVIC and Michael Curcio (USAID).

Reporting on major 2023 commodity and supply chain incidents

The economics of food losses; continuous Improvement opportunities

9:30 – 10:20

USAID-WFP Ongoing Infestation and food safety management efforts, trialing, piloting solutions (Grain Cocoons, Oil and Flours) 

Carole Manceau, WFP Packaging Expert, Food safety and quality unit Supply Chain division

Diego Lara Lavarreda, GrainPRO Vice-President, US/ Canada & Europe Division

Steven A Mihm, Senior VP – Purchasing, Reynolds Services, Inc

10:20 – 10:30                   Morning Coffee/Tea Break -Provided

10:30 – 11:30

GMO food labeling guideline, FDA (2019 FDA OMB Control No. 0910-0807)

Miriam J. Guggenheim, Covington & Burling LLC, Washington DC

Lakshmanan Ramamoorthi, Ph.D., Scientific Policy Advisor, Biotechnology Regulatory Services-APHIS, USDA

11:30 – 12:10

Commodity Testing and Method Validation Workstreams -20 min each, 10 min discussion

Tandace A. Bell, Chief, Biotechnology and Analytical Services Branch, FGIS

Thomas A. Weber, Chief, Analytical Chemistry Branch, FGIS