USDA Office of Food Safety/FSIS Officials' Calendar of Meetings, April 2012

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.

Key to Abbreviations | Archive

OFS/FSIS Official and Title	Date & Site	Other FSIS/OFS Participants	Non-FSIS/OFS Participants	Subject
Officials' Calendar of Meetings, April 2012
Brian E. Ronholm, Deputy Under Secretary; Philip Derfler, Deputy Administrator	Apr 2, 2012 Washington, DC	A. Ramos, Chief of Staff, OFS	J. Swedberg, Hormel; L. Marco, Hormel; P. Minerich, Hormel; R. Russell, Russell Group	Lean Finely Textured Beef / Mechanically Separated Meat / Food Safety
Brian E. Ronholm, Deputy Under Secretary	Apr 2-3, 2012 Boston, MA Manchester, NH		R. Goldberg, Professor, Harvard Graduate Class on Food Systems	Remarks on our Global Food System; tour plants in New Hampshire
Brian E. Ronholm, Deputy Under Secretary	Apr 4, 2012; Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC		Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA)	Panel Discussion for GMA Food Safety Initiatives Session
Al Almanza, Administrator; Philip Derfler, Deputy Administrator	Apr 11, 2012 Washington, DC	R. Jones, OIA; D. Engeljohn, OPPD	Jim Hodges, AMI; Jim Sumner, USAAPEEC	Cooked Poultry Requirements / Food Safety
Brian E. Ronholm, Deputy Under Secretary	Apr 12, 2012 Washington, DC		C. Penry	General Food Safety Discussion
Brian E. Ronholm, Deputy Under Secretary	Apr 13, 2012 Washington, DC	C. Blake, D. Engeljohn, R. Edelstein	P. Buck, Center for Foodborne Illness	Poultry Slaughter
Philip Derfler, Deputy Administrator	Apr 16, 2012 Washington, DC		B. Hibbert, Campbell's Soup	Food Safety
Elisabeth A. Hagen, Under Secretary; Brian E. Ronholm, Deputy Under Secretary; Al Almanza, Administrator; Philip Derfler, Deputy Administrator	Apr 19, 2012 Washington, DC	A. Ramos, A. Tarr, C. Rottenberg	Industry Representatives	Monthly Industry Meeting
Al Almanza, Administrator; Philip Derfler, Deputy Administrator	Apr 19, 2012 Washington, DC	FSIS Management Council	Various Industry Representatives	FSIS Monthly Industry Meeting
Al Almanza, Administrator	Apr 20, 2012 Washington, DC	R. Jones, OIA; D. Engeljohn, OPPD; C. Rottenberg, OA; S. McMurtrey, OIA	N. Bouwer, CFIA; C. Barnes, CFIA	CFIA New Food Bill / Food Safety
Elisabeth A. Hagen, Under Secretary; Al Almanza, Administrator	Apr 23, 2012 Washington, DC	R. Jones, OIA; A. Keller, OIA; D. Engeljohn, OPPD	G. Read, DOFF; B. Cooper, DOFF; G. Edmunds, DOFF; C. Jones, DOFF; B. Jolly, NZMAF	Food Safety
Brian E. Ronholm, Deputy Under Secretary; Philip Derfler, Deputy Administrator	Apr 23, 2012 Washington, DC	C. Rottenberg, D. Engeljohn, M. Stanley, S. McMurtrey, R. Jones, E. Esteban	Australian Officials	E.coli O157:H7 program; non-O157 STECs; implementation of AEMIS
Brian E. Ronholm, Deputy Under Secretary	Apr 23, 2012 Washington, DC	D. Engeljohn	Deputy Secretary A. MacMillan, OSEC; G. Parham, APHIS; J. Clifford, APHIS; California Poultry Federation	General Food Safety Issues
Elisabeth A. Hagen, Under Secretary	Apr 25, 2012 Washington, DC	C. Cochran		Safeway Interview on Nutrition Labeling
Elisabeth A. Hagen, Under Secretary; Brian E. Ronholm, Deputy Under Secretary; Philip Derfler, Deputy Administrator	Apr 26, 2012 Washington, DC	A. Ramos, A. Tarr, C. Rottenberg	Consumer Representatives	Monthly Consumer Meeting
Philip Derfler, Deputy Administrator	Apr 26, 2012 Washington, DC	FSIS Management Council	Various Consumer Representatives	FSIS Monthly Consumer Meeting
Elisabeth A. Hagen, Under Secretary	Apr 27, 2012 Washington, DC		C. Keys, JBS; J. Batista, JBS	Meet and Greet to discuss general food safety issues
Brian E. Ronholm, Deputy Under Secretary	Apr 30-May 5, 2012 Atlanta, GA		Federal Asian Pacific American Council (FAPAC)	Keynote speaker at the FAPAC’s 27th Annual National Leadership Training Conference Opening Ceremony

Abbreviations:

OA—Office of the Administrator
ODIFP—Office of Data Integration and Food Protection
OFO—Office of Field Operations
OFS—Office of Food Safety, USDA
OIA—Office of International Affairs
OM—Office of Management
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
PHIS—Public Health Information System
AMI—American Meat Institute
AMS—Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA
APHIS—Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA
BIFSCO—Beef Industry Food Safety Council
FFAS—Farm & Foreign Agricultural Services, USDA
FDA—U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FMI—Food Marketing Institute
HHS—U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
NAFV—National Association of Federal Veterinarians
NMA—National Meat Association
NRCS—Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA

Last Modified: June 20, 2012