Evelyn Pereira is an associate in King & Spalding’s Washington D.C. office and a member of the firm’s FDA & Life Sciences practice. Evelyn advises medical device, pharmaceutical, food, beverage and supplement companies with regulatory, compliance, litigation and enforcement matters.

Prior to joining the firm, Evelyn spent eight years as a Biologist in FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), where she led emergency preparedness and response activities related to outbreak investigations involving food, cosmetics, and dietary supplements. In that capacity, Evelyn managed multidisciplinary investigation teams composed of FDA subject-matter experts and local, state, federal, and international regulatory and public health partners. She provided subject-matter expertise for food traceability assessments and coordinated inspections, product sampling, recalls, public advisories, and industry engagement. Evelyn has also delivered outbreak response trainings to state, federal, and international partners and has authored multiple publications.

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