Dr. Meryl Silverman is a Senior Food Technologist who has worked for the Food Safety and Inspection Service for over 13 years. Meryl is a subject matter expert on policies related to Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) system validation, lethality and stabilization of ready-to-eat meat and poultry products, use of predictive microbiology programs, and policy effectiveness evaluation. Meryl holds a Ph.D. in Food Science from the University of Maryland, an M.S. in Food Science from Cornell University, and a B.S. in Food Science from the University of Maryland.