| Agenda |
| 8:00
– 8:30 a.m. |
Registration |
| 8:30 –
9:00 a.m. |
Welcome &
Introductory Remarks
Dr. Richard A. Raymond, Under Secretary for Food Safety
U.S. Department of Agriculture Dr. Robert Brackett, Director,
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Food and Drug Administration
Dr. David Warnock, Director, Division of Foodborne, Bacterial,
and Mycotic Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| 9:00 –
9:10 a.m. |
What We Hope
to Accomplish
Dr. David Goldman, Assistant Administrator, Office of Public
Health Science
Food Safety and Inspection Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| Epidemiology
and Human Health Burden of non-O157 STEC |
| 9:10 –
9:30 a.m. |
Federal Public
Health Programs and CDC Experiences with non-O157 STEC
Dr. Patricia Griffin, Chief, Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| 9:30 –
9:50 a.m. |
Significance
of enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) and non-O157 STEC
as Human Pathogens; Point of Care, Population-based, and Clinical
Laboratory-centered Analyses
Dr. Phillip Tarr, Melvin E. Carnahan Professor of Pediatrics
and Director
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Washington University |
| 9:50 –10:10
a.m. |
State Public
Health Programs, Experiences and Challenges with non-O157 STEC
Sharon Hurd, Project Coordinator, FoodNet
Connecticut Emerging Infections Program |
| 10:10–10:30
a.m. |
Panel Discussion/Questions/Public
Comments |
| 10:30–10:50
a.m. |
Break |
| Ongoing
Research Into non-O157 STEC |
| 10:50–11:10
a.m. |
Prevalence
and Control of non-O157 STEC in Beef and Lamb Processing Plants
Dr. Mohammad Koohmaraie, Director, U.S. Meat Animal Research
Center
Agricultural Research Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| 11:10–11:30
a.m. |
Ongoing Research and
Outreach Efforts Targeted at non-O157 STEC
Dr. Hussein Hussein, Associate Professor, Department of Animal
Biotechnology
University of Nevada |
| 11:30–11:50
a.m. |
Isolation and
Detection Challenges
Cheryl Bopp, Chief, Enteric Diseases Laboratory Branch
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| 11:50 a.m.–12:10
p.m. |
Strategies
for Analysis of non-O157 STEC in Foods
Dr. Peter Feng, Research Microbiologist, Division of Microbiology
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Food and Drug Administration |
| 12:10–12:30
p.m. |
Panel Discussion/Questions/Public
Comments |
| 12:30–
1:20 p.m. |
Lunch |
| Perspectives
on non-O157 STEC |
| 1:20 –
1:40 p.m. |
Experiences
with non-O157 STEC and Implications on Public Health Programs
Dr. Flemming Scheutz, Head of the International Escherichia
Centre
World Health Organization
Danish Statens Serum Institute |
| 1:40–
2:00 p.m. |
German Experiences
with non-O157 STEC
Dr. Martina Bielaszewska, Institute for Hygiene and the National
Consulting Laboratory on HUS, University of Münster |
| 2:00 –
2:15 p.m. |
Meat Industry
Perspective on non-O157 STEC
Dr. Randall Huffman, Vice President for Food Safety Programs
American Meat Institute |
| 2:15 –
2:30 p.m. |
Food Industry
Perspective on non-O157 STEC
Jenny Scott, Vice President for Food Safety Programs
Grocery Manufacturers/Food Products Association |
| 2:30 –
2:45 p.m. |
Consumer Perspective
on non-O157 STEC
Nancy Donley, Board President
Safe Tables Our Priority |
| 2:45 –
3:00 p.m. |
Next Steps/Practical
Limitations
Phil Derfler, Assistant Administrator
Office of Policy, Programs and Employee Development
Food Safety and Inspection Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Dr. Robert Buchanan
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Food and Drug Administration |
| 3:00 –
3:15 p.m. |
Panel Discussion/Questions/Public
Comments |
| 3:15 –
3:30 p.m. |
Closing Remarks
Dr. David Goldman, Assistant Administrator, Office of Public
Health Science
Food Safety and Inspection Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture |
