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2009 Fall Conference
September 13-16, 2009
Park Vista Hotel
Gatlinburg, TN

 

 

 Sunday, September 13, 2009

3:00 - 5:00 p.m. Registration
4:00  Executive Board Meeting
6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Welcome Reception

Monday, September 14,  2009

7:00 - 8:00 a.m. Breakfast (Provided)
7:45 - 8:15 a.m. Registration

 
Morning Session Presiding-Laurie Farmer, Director, State Coperative Programs. SE Region, U. S. Food and Drug Administration
8:15 - 8:20 a.m. Call to Order & Invocation
8:20- 8:30 a.m. Welcome and President's Remarks,
Larry Gabriel, AFDOSS President
8:30 - 8:45 a.m. Welcome to Tennessee
Local Arrangements Committee
8:45 - 9:45  a.m. "From Cookie Dough to Fruits and Nuts; The Challenges of Keeping Salmonella under Control"
Dr. Michael Doyle, University of Georgia
9:45 - 10:00 a.m. Morning Break
10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Novel Flu-H1N1 - The Pandemic-Multiple Perspectives-  Dr. Joanne Brown, facilitator
Dr. David Johnson, MD MS, MHA, Direcctor, County Health  Officer, Pasco County FL Health Department , FL- live by web link through FoodSHIELD
Joanne Brown, DVM, Deputy Commisioner,  Florida Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Kendra Lawson-Food City
Ballard Graham- Abbott Labs
Jim Kohl - Little Debbie's
L. Rand Carpenter, DVM, Epidemiologist, Assisstant State Public Health Veterinarian, TN Department of Health
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon USDA Update
Keith Payne, FSIS, Office of Outreach, Employee Education & Training
Larry Hortert, FSIS,  Regional Director, SE, USDA
12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
   
Afternoon Session Presiding- Mark M. Reed, R.S., MPA, MPH, Kentucky Food Safety Branch
1:00 -1:30 p.m FDA Southeast Regional Update
Malcolm Frazier, Director, SE Region, FDA
1:30 - 2:00 p.m. Mushrooms-GAPs
Joe Caldwell -Monterey Mushrooms
2:00 -  2:30 p.m. Ctitical Thinking Plus
Carol Selman,  Sr. Env. Health Officer, EH Services-CDC
2:30 - 3:00 p.m. Import Due Processes for FDA Regulated Commodities
Ted Ogdahl - Director, Import Operations Branch, FDA, Fl. District
3:00 - 3:15 p.m. Afternoon Break
3:15 - 4:00 p.m. Medical Devices / Food Irradiation
Kathleen Sinninger, Director, Investigations Branch, FDA, FL District
4:00 - 4:45 p.m. FDA Field Updaate
Michael Chappell ,  Acting Assoc. Commissioner for Regulatory Affairs, FDA
7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Banquet/Live Auction/Live Music

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Morning Session Presiding, Mark Sestak, AL Dept. of Health
 
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. 2009 FDA Food Code Changes, FDA Oral Communicattion Project, and Other Retail Food Initiatives
Alan Tart, FDA, SE Region Food Specialist, FDA
9:00 - 9:45 a.m. Update on AFDO and the International Food Protection Training Institute
Ron Klein, AFDO President
9:45 - 10:00 a.m.. Morning Break
10:00 - 11:15 a.m. Rapid Response Team Panel
Kim Livsey, FDA SE Emergency Response Coordinator
Wendy Campbell, Food Defense Coordinator,  NCDA&CS
Rita Johnson, Interim Rapid Response Team Coordinator, FL DOACS
Emma Singleton, Director,  FDA, FL District
11:15 - 11:45 a.m. MFRPS (Manufactured Foods Regulatory Program Srandards)
Jim Melvin, NC Dept. of Agriculture & Consumer Services
Beverly Kent, Senior Federal-State Programs Specialist
FDA/Division of Federal-State Relations
11:45 a.m..- 1:00 p.m. AFDOSS Business Luncheon (Provided)

 
Afternoon Session  Presiding- Dr. Anna Hood, Mississippi State University
1:00 - 1:30 p.m. FDA Cenntral Regional Update - Foreign Inspections
Tom Gardine, Deputy Director, Cenral Region, FDA
1:30 - 1:45 p.m. Committee Updates
Charlene Bruce, Director, Food Protection Division, Mississippi  State Department of Health
1:45 - 5:00 p.m. Committees meet followed by Group Activity

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Morning Session Presiding- Thomas Clarida, Supervisory Consumer Safety Officer, Investigations Branch, FDA
8:30 - 9:00 a.m. FDA Southwest Regional Update
Dennis Baker, Director of Southwest Region, FDA
9:00 -9:45 a.m. Irradiation of Produce and Medical Devices
Dr. Richard Hunter, FTSI (Food Technology Services Inc.)
9:45 - 10:15 a.m. DFSR Update and Results of 50-State Meeting
Joe Reardon, Deputy Director, FDA DFSR
10:15 - 11:20  a.m. 50-State Workgroup Update/Discussions-Charlene Bruce, Facilitator
Intro-Dennis Baker, Director, FDA SW Region
IT Workgroup -Carrie  E. Rigdon, Ph.D, Minnesota Department of Agriculture via webinar through FoodSHIELD
Response Workgroup, TBD & Wendy Campbell, Food Defense Coordinator, NCDA&CS
Training Workgroup-Joe Corby, Executive Director, AFDO
Risk Based Workgroup, Charlene Bruce, Director, Food Protection Division, Mississippi State Dept. of  Health
11:20 - 11:30 a.m. Wrap-up and Closing
Larry Gabriel, AFDOSS President

 

 

Page submitted:  September 8,  2009