Office of Food Safety/FSIS Officials' Calendar of Meetings, April 2008

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 2008
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Apr 1, 2008 Washington, DC		Representatives of the government of Canada	Conference call regarding Quadrilateral meeting on food safety
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Apr 2, 2008 Washington, DC		National Cattlemen’s Beef Association	Presentation on food safety
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Apr 2, 2008 Washington, DC	Various FSIS staff	Representatives of the government of Australia	Food safety and biosecurity issues
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary; Scott Hurd, Deputy Under Secretary; Alfred Almanza, Administrator; Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Apr 3, 2008 Washington, DC	Various FSIS staff	Safe Food Coalition	Monthly meeting on various food safety issues
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Apr 3, 2008 Washington, DC		National Restaurant Association; USDA Secretary and various USDA staff	Food safety issues
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Apr 4, 2008 Iowa City, IA		University of Iowa School of Public Health	Presentation on food safety
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary; Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Apr 7-8, 2008 Quebec, Canada	Various FSIS staff	Governments of the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand	Quadrilateral meeting on food safety
Scott Hurd, Deputy Under Secretary	Apr 8, 2008 Washington, DC		Iowa State University	Results for DKUS model
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary; Al Almanza, Administrator; Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Apr 9-10, 2008 Washington, DC	Savonne Caughey, OFS; various FSIS staff	Open to the public; various USDA staff	Public meeting on E. coli O157:H7: Addressing the Challenges, Moving Forward With Solutions
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary; Scott Hurd, Deputy Under Secretary; Alfred Almanza, Administrator	Apr 10, 2008 Washington, DC		Southwest Meat Association; National Meat Association; various USDA staff	Courtesy visit
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Apr 11, 2008 Seattle, WA	Savonne Caughey, OFS	Seattle University School of Law symposium on food safety	Presentation on food safety
Scott Hurd, Deputy Under Secretary	Apr 11, 2008 Washington, DC	Various FSIS staff	Representatives of the government of Australia; various USDA staff	Australia quarantine and food safety issues
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary; Scott Hurd, Deputy Under Secretary; Alfred Almanza, Administrator; Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Apr 15, 2008 Washington, DC	Savonne Caughey, OFS; various FSIS staff	Representatives of the government of New Zealand	Food safety issues
Scott Hurd, Deputy Under Secretary	Apr 16, 2008 Washington, DC		Steve Corns, Iowa State University	Conference call
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Apr 22, 2008 Washington, DC	Savonne Caughey, OFS; OPPD staff	American Association of Meat Processors	E. coli issues
Scott Hurd, Deputy Under Secretary	Apr 23, 2008 Washington, DC		Iowa State University	ISU BIGMAP
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Apr 25, 2008 Forsyth, MT	Savonne Caughey, OFS; Karlease Kelly, OOEET	Montana Meat Processors Convention	Presentation on small and very small plant outreach, as well as food safety issues
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Apr 29, 2008 Washington, DC		Farm Broadcasters	Food safety issues
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Apr 29, 2008 Washington, DC		California Poultry Federation	Food safety issues
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary; Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Apr 29, 2008 Washington, DC	Savonne Caughey, OFS; various FSIS staff	American Meat Institute	E. coli issues
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary; Scott Hurd, Deputy Under Secretary; Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Apr 29, 2008 Washington, DC	Savonne Caughey, OFS; various FSIS staff	Representatives of various industry groups; various USDA staff	Sec. 733 Agriculture Appropriation Act 2008 and Farm Bill
Scott Hurd, Deputy Under Secretary	Apr 29, 2008 Washington, DC		Association of American Veterinary Colleges	Veterinary workforce issues
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary; Scott Hurd, Deputy Under Secretary; Al Almanza, Administrator; Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Apr 30, 2008 Washington, DC	Savonne Caughey, OFS; various FSIS staff (OIA, OPPD)	Meat Importers Council of America	Courtesy visit; international issues
Scott Hurd, Deputy Under Secretary	Apr 30, 2008 Washington, DC		Iowa State University	Conference call

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
OPACE—Office of Public Affairs and Consumer Education
OPEER—Office of Program Evaluation, Enforcement and Review
OPHS—Office of Public Health Science
OPPD—Office of Policy and Program Development
OOEET—Office of Outreach, Employee Education and Training

Last Modified: June 16, 2008