USDA Office of Food Safety/FSIS Officials' Calendar of Meetings, December 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.

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OFS/FSIS Official and Title	Date & Site	Other FSIS/OFS Participants	Non-FSIS/OFS Participants	Subject
Officials' Calendar of Meetings, December 2012
Al Almanza, Administrator; Philip Derfler, Deputy Administrator	Dec 4, 2012 Washington, DC	FSIS Management Council	Various Consumer and Industry Representatives	FSIS Monthly Consumer/Industry Meeting Combined
Al Almanza, Administrator	Dec 5, 2012 Washington, DC		J. Hodgen, Merck Animal Health	Animal Health/ Food Safety
Elisabeth A. Hagen, Under Secretary	Dec 6-8, 2012 New York, NY	K. Naessens	Bloomberg Businessweek	Evening roundtable discussion about food safety and emerging technologies in the food supply chain
Brian E. Ronholm, Deputy Under Secretary	Dec 6, 2012 Washington, DC	A. Ramos, K. Naessens, R. Edelstein	Tyson Foods Representatives	Enhanced Labeling
Al Almanza, Administrator	Dec 11, 2012 Washington, DC		N. Bouwer, Canadian Food Inspection Agency	Food Safety
Brian E. Ronholm, Deputy Under Secretary	Dec 12, 2012 Washington, DC		Brian Foster, Insight Enterprise; Patt Lilly, Triumph Foods	Update on Triumph Foods with respect to meat inspection and the FSIS relationship
Elisabeth A. Hagen, Under Secretary; Philip Derfler, Deputy Administrator	Dec 14, 2012 Washington, DC	A. Ramos, K. Naessens, A. Lavallee	McClatchy Washington Bureau	Interview about the proposed poultry slaughter modernization rule
Elisabeth A. Hagen, Under Secretary; Brian E. Ronholm, Deputy Under Secretary	Dec 19, 2012 Washington, DC	A. Ramos, K. Naessens	Bo Bryant, McDonald's Government Relations; Justin Ransom; John Bode	Food safety updates
Brian E. Ronholm, Deputy Under Secretary	Dec 19, 2012 Washington, DC		Randy Russell, The Russell Group, Inc.; Hormel Foods Representatives	Conference Call
Al Almanza, Administrator; Philip Derfler, Deputy Administrator	Dec 19, 2012 Washington, DC	E. Dann, OA; Various FSIS Senior Staff	T. Letterman, HSUS; D. Press, HSUS; V. Pringle, HSUS; B. Wagman, HSUS	Food Safety/ Transparency; Downer Calves; Horse Slaughter
Brian E. Ronholm, Deputy Under Secretary; Al Almanza, Administrator	Dec 21, 2012 Washington, DC		Michael Maenza, MMI Culinary Services; Tony D'Angelo; Jeanette Gregory	Meet and greet since the recent Codex meeting
Brian E. Ronholm, Deputy Under Secretary	Dec 21, 2012 Washington, DC		Carolyn Brickey, PEW Trusts	Food Safety Meeting

Abbreviations:

OA—Office of the Administrator, FSIS
OC—Office of Communications, USDA
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, FSIS
OPPD—Office of Policy and Program Development
OSEC—Office of the Secretary, USDA
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
CFIA—Canadian Food Inspection Agency
FFAS—Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, USDA
FDA—U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FMI—Food Marketing Institute
GMA—Grocery Manufacturers Association
HHS—U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
HSUS—Humane Society of the United States
MRP—Marketing and Regulatory Programs, USDA
NAFV—National Association of Federal Veterinarians
NCBA—National Cattlemen's Beef Association
NMA—National Meat Association
NRCS—Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA

Last Modified: January 7, 2013