Name
Commodity Fumigation, Pest-Management, Warehousing and Supplier Auditing (continued)
Date & Time
Wednesday, June 5, 2024, 1:40 PM - 5:40 PM
Description

1:40 – 2:10

Suppliers Auditing Process, including warehouse Auditing, USDA/AMS

Carrie Sayasithsena, Audit Program Coordinator, Audit Services Branch 

Jennifer Dougherty, Chief, Audit Services Branch USDA-AMS-SCP-SCI

2:10 – 2:30

WFP Perspective on food losses and related liabilities

Amit WADHERA, WFP Loss Prevention and Risk Mitigation

2:30 – 3:00

Quality Control Commodity Release SOP, including Packaging Integrity

Ruffo Perez, Senior Food Technology Advisor, BHA/TPQ

David Silver, Director of Accounting & Finance: The Didion Milling Case Study 

3:00 – 3:30

Food and Environmental Contaminants of relevance to Food Assistance Programs (Rice, LNS, Oil, Grains, and Flours)

Ruffo Perez, Senior Food Technology Advisor, BHA/TPQ

3:30 – 4:00

The North American Millers’ Association (NAMA)

Kim Cooper, Vice President, Government Affairs.  North American Millers' Association

4:00 – 4:10      Afternoon Coffee/Tea Break

4:10 -5:30

Flash-card Session.

  • Commodity Waivers
  • USDA/AMS Procurement
  • The Last Mile Challenges
  • Fit-for-human consumption concept.

 

  1. Nicholas Kharabadze, USDA/FAS
  2. Dan Webber, USDA/AMS
  3. Jamie Fisher, USAID/SCM
  4. Ruffo Perez, USAID/TPQ
  5. Amit WADHERA, WFP

5:30 – 5:40

Wrap up of Third Day

Ruffo Perez, (BHA/TPQ/PHN) and Quentin Jonhson, Quican Inc.