Dr. Jannavi Srinivasan is the Director of the Division of Cosmetics, Office of Cosmetics and Colors (OCAC), Center for Food Safety and Nutrition in US FDA. She provides scientific, technical and policy leadership on matters related to the chemical, toxicological, and microbiological safety of cosmetics raw materials, ingredients, and products. Prior to joining OCAC in 2022, she served as a Review Chemist and a Team Lead in the Division of Food Ingredients in the Office of Food Additive Safety (OFAS), guiding reviews of new Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) food ingredients, foods from new plant varieties (GMOs) and food and color additives, for over fifteen years. Dr. Srinivasan is considered as an international expert for matters related to safety assessment of ingredients added to food and cosmetics. She has served as an invited expert and member of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) since 2011. She also served as the technical expert for the US FDA delegation at OECD’s Task Force for the Safety of Novel Foods and Feeds, as an invited expert to European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) CEF Panel (Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Flavorings), and as a member of the US delegation to Codex Committee on Food Additives (CCFA).