FDA-Affiliated Organizations

Joint Institute of Food and Safety and Applied Nutrition

1. http://www.jifsan.umd.edu/
2. The Institute is the foundation of public and private partnerships that will
provide the scientific basis for ensuring a safe, wholesome food supply as well as
provide the infrastructure for contributions to national food safety programs and
international food standards.
3. The Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN) was
established between the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the
University of Maryland (UM) in April 1996.

National Center for Food Safety and Technology

i. http://www.ncfst.iit.edu/main/home.html
ii. The National Center for Food Safety and Technology (NCFST) in Chicago,
Illinois, is a research consortium among the FDA Center for Food Safety and
Applied Nutrition (CFSAN
iii. The NCFST is the only center where industry can work collaboratively on
projects with FDA scientists on food safety and technology research.

The mission of NCFST can be summarized by the following :

1. Safer food products for consumers

2. Research into critical food processing issues
3. Synergy between academia, government and industry, provides cost effective
research
4. Provides the ‘food’ link for the IIT Life Sciences initiative
5. Forum for industry to interact with FDA
6. Provide opportunity to NCFST