2023 AFDOSS Conference Archive

August 27-30, 2023



This was an in-person event, open to any and all food safety professionals and policy makers in local/state/federal government, industry and academic sectors.

Hotel Information

The Crowne Plaza Hotel Asheville
One Resort Drive
Asheville, NC 2880

Agenda

View the 2023 Annual Educational Conference agenda here.

Monday Presentations

• AFDO Update – Katherine Simon, AFDO President
• FDA Office of Partnerships & OP DSI Program Updates – Abe Brown & Guy Delius, FDA
• Delta-8 in Food Products – Thomas Jumalon, NC Department of Health & Human Services
• Office of Investigation, Enforcement and Audit Compliance and Investigation Division – Larry Hortert, USDA-FSIS
• Center of Excellence for Regulatory Science in Agriculture – Kevin Armbrust, LSU
• Home Foods Panel – Jon Wheeler, SC Department of Health and Environmental Control
• Seafood Safety Bites – Species Related Hazards – Dr. Evelyn Watts, LSU AgCenter & Louisiana Sea Grant
• Controlled Environment Agriculture – Erik Bungo, VA Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
  

Tuesday Presentations

• AFDO’s Industry Survey: What is Really Going On with Food Safety Culture – Mick Miklos, Active Food Safety, LLC
• Food Traceability – Bhavini Patel, FDA
• Louisiana Food Retailers Specialized Processing eLearning Curriculum – Dr. Evelyn Watts, LSU AgCenter & Louisiana Sea Grant
• USDA Bioengineered Food Disclosure – Dr. Sonja Jones, USDA-AMS
• Food Truck Regulations – Panel Discussion – Thomas Jumalon, NC Department of Health & Human Services; Melissa Lombardi, New Hanover County, NC; Shaun Bryant, GA Department of Public Health
• Raw Milk and Cryptosporidium – Jon Wheeler & CP Kanwat, SC Department of Health and Environmental Control
• Shellfish in North Carolina – Rules, Risks, and Rewards – Kacee Zinn, NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources
• NECAFS Food Safety Toolkit – Annie Fitzgerald, Northeast Center to Advance Food Safety (NECAFS)

Wednesday Presentations

• AFDO & FDA – Retail Inspection Data – Steve Mandernach, AFDO Executive Director; Andre Pierce, FDA Retail Food Protection Division Director

Continuing Education

The 2023 AFDOSS AEC was granted Continuing Education Credits (CEUs) through NEHA. Attendees are eligible for 16.5 CEU contact hours. Forms to claim CEUs were available at the registration desk for conference attendees.

Hotel Information

The 2023 AFDOSS AEC was held in Asheville, North Carolina, at The Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resort Asheville.

Sponsors

Thank you to our 2023 AEC Sponsors, WinWam, AFDO, and the Partnership for Food Protection for their support in making the 2023 AEC a rousing success!

Travel Scholarships

The window to apply for travel scholarships has now closed.

Travel scholarships were available to state and local, food and drug regulatory personnel, to aid regulatory members in attending the AEC. Conference Registration was not an allowable expense for inclusion in a scholarship award.

Applications for travel scholarships were available via SurveyMonkey.

Funding for this conference was made possible, in part, by the Food and Drug Administration through grant 1 R13 FD007553-02. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does any mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organization imply endorsement by the United States Government.

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