Office of Food Safety/FSIS Officials' Calendar of Meetings, January 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, January 2008
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Jan 7, 2008 Washington, DC	Various FSIS staff; Savonne Caughey, OFS	Representatives of the Government of China; USDA Office of General Counsel	Briefing China government officials on prohibitions cited in Section 733 of the 2008 Consolidated Appropriations Act, for establishing or implementing a rule allowing poultry product imports into the U.S. from China.
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Jan 8, 2008 Washington, DC	Various FSIS staff; Savonne Caughey, OFS	Eka Chemicals	Preharvest intervention strategies to reduce the risk of E. coli
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Jan 9-11, 2008 Mexico City, Mexico	Savonne Caughey, OFS	Representatives of the Government of Mexico; USDA officials	Consultative Committee on Agriculture meeting; various food safety issues
Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Jan 11, 2008 Washington, DC	Karen Hulebak	Food Industry Codex Coalition	General food safety
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Jan 15, 2008 DC	Savonne Caughey, OFS	H-E-B Grocery	Food safety and labeling issues
Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Jan 16, 2008 Washington, DC		Grocery Meat Association	General food safety
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Jan 23, 2008 Crystal City, VA	Various FSIS staff; Savonne Caughey, OFS	American Meat Institute / National Meat Association conference on E. coli O157:H7	Presentation on 2007 statistics
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Jan 24, 2008 Washington, DC	Savonne Caughey, OFS	Food and Drug Law Institute	Presentation
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary; Al Almanza, Administrator; Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Jan 28, 2008 Washington, DC	Various FSIS staff; Savonne Caughey, OFS	Safe Food Coalition	Monthly meeting on various food safety issues
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary; Al Almanza, Administrator; Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Jan 28, 2008 Washington, DC	Various FSIS staff; Savonne Caughey, OFS	North American Meat Processors	General food safety, E. coli O157:H7
Al Almanza, Administrator	Jan 29, 2008 Washington, DC	OM, OFDER	Florida A&M University Extension Administrator	Courtesy visit
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary; Al Almanza, Administrator; Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Jan 29, 2008 Washington, DC	OIA; Savonne Caughey, OFS	Decernis	Courtesy visit
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Jan 30-31, 2008 Ottawa, Canada	OIA; Savonne Caughey, OFS	Representatives of the Government of Canada	Various food safety issues, including E. coli testing programs, Ranchers Beef/Topps recall, audit review and corrective actions, risk-based inspection in processing, modernization/systems improvements, our Public Health Information System, the Canadian food and consumer safety action plan, other assorted technical issues/discussions.

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

Last Modified: March 24, 2008