Office of Food Safety/FSIS Officials' Calendar of Meetings, April 2006

This public calendar is issued by the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). It lists meetings held by the Under Secretary and Deputy Under Secretary, Office of Food Safety (OFS) and the Administrator and Deputy Administrator for FSIS with persons outside the Federal Government.

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OFS/FSIS Official and Title	Date & Site	Other FSIS/OFS Participants	Non-FSIS/OFS Participants	Subject
Officials' Calendar of Meetings, April 2006
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Apr 4, 2006 San Francisco, CA	Various USDA Officials	Tyson Foods	Trade issues
Barbara Masters Administrator	Apr 6, 2006 San Francisco, CA	Various Representatives from FSIS	National Meat Association, Southwest Meat Association	General food safety
Barbara Masters Administrator	Apr 6, 2006 Conference Call	Corinne Calhoun, OPAEO	Food and Drug Law Institute	Presentation
Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Apr 7, 2006 Washington, DC	Various USDA Officials	Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada	Trade issues
Barbara Masters, Administrator	Apr 11, 2006 Washington, DC	Kenneth Petersen, OFO Jane Roth, OPEER	Arrowsight McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Texas A&M	New technology
Barbara Masters, Administrator	Apr 12, 2006 Washington, DC	Keith Payne, OPAEO	Safe Food Coalition	Consumer meeting
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary Barbara Masters, Administrator Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Apr 13, 2006 Washington, DC	Various FSIS Staff	Meat Export Federation	Export certification
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary Barbara Masters, Administrator Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Apr 13, 2006 Washington, DC	Bill James, OIA	Canadian Food Inspection Agency	Equivalency
Barbara Masters, Administrator	Apr 13, 2006 Washington, DC	Suzanne Rigby, Michelle Catlin, Ron Graham, OFDER	University of Minnesota	National Center for Food Protection, University of Minnesota
Curt Mann, Deputy Under Secretary	Apr 14, 2006 Washington, DC	Various Department Officials	U.S. Meat Export Federation, American Meat Institute, National Meat Association, National Cattlemen's Beef Association	Exports and equivalency
Barbara Masters, Administrator	Apr 19, 2006 Washington, DC	Bill James, OIA	Government of Chile Delegation	Opening remarks
Barbara Masters, Administrator	Apr 19, 2006 Washington, DC	Karen Stuck, OIA Other Department Officials	Government of Chili Delegation, Other Department Officials	Trade
Barbara Masters, Administrator Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Apr 19, 2006 Washington, DC		Grant Thornton, LLP	Fiscal audits
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary Barbara Masters, Administrator Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Apr 20, 2006 Washington, DC	Keith Payne, OPAEO	Representatives of various consumer groups	Monthly meeting on various food safety topics
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Apr 20, 2006 Washington, DC	Michael Steele, OFS	IBIS	New technology for pathogen detection
Barbara Masters, Administrator Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Apr 20, 2006 Washington, DC	Various FSIS Staff	Representatives of various consumer groups	Monthly meeting on various food safety topics
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary Barbara Masters, Administrator Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Apr 21, 2006 Washington, DC	Ron Hicks, OA Michael Steele, OFS	Tyson Food, Perdue, Gold Kist, Sanderson, National Turkey Federation, National Chicken Council, Sara Lee, U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, Fieldale Farms, Mountaure Farms	Avian influenza
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary Barbara Masters, Administrator Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Apr 24, 2006 Washington, DC	Various Representatives from FSIS	Open to the public	Public meeting to discuss the proposed rule on the availability of lists of retail consignees during meat or poultry product recalls
Barbara Masters, Administrator	Apr 24, 2006 Washington, DC	Various Representatives from OIA	Delegation from Colombia; TJH Consulting	Equivalence
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary Barbara Masters, Under Secretary	Apr 24, 2006 Washington, DC		Montana Quality Foods and Processing; Foundation for Accountability in Regulatory Enforcement	General food safety
Barbara Masters, Administrator Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Apr 26, 2006 Washington, DC	Various FSIS Staff	Representatives of various industry groups	Monthly meeting on various food safety issues
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary Barbara Masters, Administrator Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Apr 26, 2006 Washington, DC	Ken Petersen, OFO	National Association of State Departments of Agriculture	Funding for State inspection programs
Curt Mann, Deputy Under Secretary	Apr 27, 2006 Atlanta, GA	Corliss Green-Dixon, OFO	Various government and industry representatives	2006 High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza workshop sponsored by U.S. Poultry & Egg Association

Abbreviations:

OA—Office of the Administrator
OFDER—Office of Food Defense and Emergency Response
OFO—Office of Field Operations
OFS—Office of Food Safety, USDA
OIA—Office of International Affairs
OM—Office of Management
OPAEO—Office of Public Affairs, Education and Outreach
OPEER—Office of Program Evaluation, Enforcement and Review
OPHS—Office of Public Health Science
OPPED—Office of Policy, Program and Employee Development

Last Modified: May 12, 2006