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The Office of Risk Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis (ORACBA) was established by the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (P.L. 103-354, H.R.4271, Section 304). ORACBA began operation on April 15, 1995, in USDA's Office of the Chief Economist.

The Office of Risk Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis's (ORACBA) primary role is to ensure that major regulations proposed by USDA are based on sound scientific and economic analysis. A major regulation concerns human, health, safety or the environment and has an annual economic impact of at least $100 million in 1994 dollars. For such regulations, ORACBA conducts a thorough analysis that makes clear the nature of the risk, alternative ways of reducing it, the reasoning that justifies the proposed rule, and a comparison of the likely costs and benefits of reducing the risk.

ORACBA will provide guidance and technical assistance, coordinate risk analysis work across the Department, and certify that statutory requirements are met.
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UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT OF NUTITION AND FOOD SCIENCE
FULL POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE (Position #118070)
Non-Tenure Track Faculty
Full-Time (Contractual)

The Department of Nutrition and Food Science (NFSC) at the University of Maryland College Park is seeking an individual to work as a member of a team of food safety scientists and risk assessors. The successful candidate will work on the development of an exposure assessment and a transfer model for Salmonella in dry pet food. The main objective of the project is to create a comprehensive model that captures the major steps and risk factors that affect the potential contamination of dry pet food with Salmonella enterica; from raw ingredients, through production of finished products, to utilization of the product in the home. The model will serve as a reference for the development of a risk-based Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) plan. Opportunities will exist to participate in other food safety risk assessments and related research and professional activities.

 

 
Last Modified: 05/22/2012
 
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