Wednesday June 5, 2024,    

Commodity Fumigation, Pest-management, Warehousing and Supplier Auditing  

8:05 – 8:10

Setting the scene/ Expectation of third Day of Meeting

      USG/ Ruffo Perez and Quentin Jonhson

8:10 – 9:00

USDA/USAID Commody Credit Corporation Initiative -Update

Kathryn V. Oberholzer

Team Lead, Front Office Management, and Integration Team (FO MIT) USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/BHA)

9:00 – 9:40

The Scaling Up of Fortified Rice:  A panel discussion

Fortified Rice/Kernel Field Trial Progress Report: Testing and Specification Updates - Deblina SARKAR 

9:40-10:10

The USA Rice Federation

Sarah Moran, Chief Operating Officer. Supporting the USA Rice Industry’s involvement in the USAID BHA and McGovern-Dole Food Assistance Programs

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

10:20–11:00

Systematic Preventive Food Safety and Quality Management:  The HACCP Approach

Rohan V. Tikekar, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Extension Specialist

University of Maryland, Department of Nutrition and Food Science

11:00– 11:40

Lipid-Based Nutritional Supplements Key Performance Indicators Project

Juan Andrade Laborde, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Global Nutrition.  Food Science and Human Nutrition Department, University of Florida

11:40 – 12:10

ICM’s Feed Optimization Technology

Chris Gerken, Ph.D. Principal Scientist, ICM Inc.

12:10-12:40

Statistical Process Control Applicable to Food Aid 

Nicholas Vena

Pearl Auditing Services, DBA Pearl International