| Officials'
Calendar of Meetings, August 2011 |
| OFS/FSIS Official and Title |
Date & Site |
Other FSIS/OFS Participants |
Non-FSIS/OFS Participants |
Subject |
Elisabeth A. Hagen, Under Secretary;
Brian E. Ronholm, Deputy Under Secretary |
Aug 9, 2011
Washington, DC |
A. Ramos, A. Almanza |
Industry Representatives |
Monthly Industry Meeting |
| Elisabeth A. Hagen, Under Secretary |
Aug 10, 2011
Washington, DC |
|
Beth Johnson, Joel Brandenberger, National Turkey Federation |
Discussed the Salmonella outbreak and recall |
| Elisabeth A. Hagen, Under Secretary |
Aug 11, 2011
Washington, DC |
|
Mike Robach, Cargill |
Discussed Salmonella |
| Elisabeth A. Hagen, Under Secretary |
Aug 16, 2011 Washington, DC |
A. Almanza, K. Naessens, A. Ramos |
Mansour Samadpour, IEH Labs |
Discussed testing methods |
| Brian E. Ronholm, Deputy Under Secretary |
Aug 16, 2011 Washington, DC |
A. Ramos |
Scott Goltry, American Meat Institute |
Meet and Greet; discussed ready-to-eat products |
| Al Almanza, Administrator |
Aug 17, 2011
Washington, DC |
|
NTF Representatives |
Food Safety |
Elisabeth A. Hagen, Under Secretary;
Brian E. Ronholm, Deputy Under Secretary |
Aug 19, 2011 Washington, DC |
A. Almanza, K. Naessens |
Bill Griffith, Brian Covington, Kim Rice, Keystone Foods;
Dennis Hacker, Shawn Althauser, German Suarez, Wendy’s International |
Wendy’s and Keystone Foods provided an update on their food safety practices. |
| Brian E. Ronholm, Deputy Under Secretary |
Aug 24, 2011
Washington, DC |
A. Almanza |
Mike Robach, Cargill |
Discussed Salmonella |
| Brian E. Ronholm, Deputy Under Secretary |
Aug 25, 2011; Washington, DC |
|
Caroline Smith DeWaal, Center for Science in the Public Interest |
Discussed food safety issues and Codex |
| Al Almanza, Administrator |
Aug 29, 2011
Washington, DC |
|
AMI Representatives |
Food Safety |
Elisabeth A. Hagen, Under Secretary;
Brian E. Ronholm, Deputy Under Secretary |
Aug 30, 2011 Washington, DC |
A. Ramos, K. Naessens |
Consumer Representatives |
Monthly Consumer Meeting |
| Brian E. Ronholm, Deputy Under Secretary |
Aug 30, 2011 Washington, DC |
K. Naessens |
National Chicken Council and Tyson Foods |
Meet and Greet and discussed trade issues |
Al Almanza, Administrator;
Philip Derfler, Deputy Administrator |
Aug 30, 2011
Washington, DC |
FSIS Management Council |
Various Consumer Representatives |
FSIS Monthly Consumer Meeting |
| Al Almanza, Administrator |
Aug 31, 2011
Washington, DC |
|
R. Roop, T. Shuck, and C. Daugherty, Tyson Foods |
Proposed Rule / Food Safety |
