| Officials'
Calendar of Meetings, March 2008 |
| OFS/FSIS
Official and Title |
Date
& Site |
Other
FSIS/OFS Participants |
Non-FSIS/OFS
Participants |
Subject |
| Richard Raymond, Under
Secretary |
Mar 3, 2008
Washington, DC |
Savonne Caughey, OFS;
various FSIS staff |
Representatives of
the government of Vietnam;
Various USDA-FAS staff |
Food safety issues |
| Richard Raymond, Under
Secretary |
Mar 4, 2008
Washington, DC |
Savonne Caughey, OFS;
various FSIS staff |
Representatives of
the government of Vietnam;
Various USDA-FAS staff |
Food safety issues |
| Richard Raymond, Under
Secretary |
Mar 7, 2008
Dallas, TX |
Savonne Caughey, OFS;
Karlease Kelly, FSIS |
Beef Industry Safety
Summit (various members of beef industry, as well as members
of the media via conference call) |
Announcement of the
new program area, Office of Outreach, Employee Education and
Training (OOEET) |
| Scott Hurd, Deputy
Under Secretary |
Mar 7, 2008
Washington, DC |
|
Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease
Foundation;
USDA Secretary and various USDA staff |
Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease |
| Scott Hurd, Deputy
Under Secretary |
Mar 11, 2008
Washington, DC |
|
Daniel Spellacy |
Courtesy visit |
Al Almanza, Administrator;
Bryce Quick,
Deputy Administrator
|
Mar 11, 2008
Washington, DC |
Lisa Wallenda Picard |
National Association
of Federal Veterinarians |
Courtesy visit |
Richard Raymond,
Under Secretary;
Scott Hurd,
Deputy Under Secretary;
Al Almanza, Administrator;
Bryce Quick,
Deputy Administrator |
Mar 12, 2008
Washington, DC |
Lisa Wallenda Picard |
U.S. Animal Health
Association; California Dept. of Agriculture;
other USDA officials |
Food safety issues |
Richard Raymond, Under
Secretary;
Scott Hurd, Deputy Under Secretary;
Alfred Almanza, Administrator;
Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator |
Mar 13, 2008
Washington, DC |
Savonne Caughey, OFS;
various FSIS staff |
Safe Food Coalition
|
Monthly meeting on
various food safety issues |
| Richard Raymond, Under
Secretary |
Mar 14, 2008
Philadelphia, PA |
Savonne Caughey, OFS |
Voice of America |
Voice of America Feast
or Famine Video Series - Interview re: Safety of Imported
Foods |
| Richard Raymond, Under
Secretary |
Mar 17, 2008
Chicago, IL |
Amanda Eamich, OPACE |
Reuters journalists |
Reuters Food Summit
– covered food safety issues |
| Scott Hurd, Deputy
Under Secretary |
Mar 17, 2008
Washington, DC |
|
University of Minnesota
Center for Animal Health and Food Safety |
Courtesy visit |
| Scott Hurd, Deputy
Under Secretary |
Mar 17, 2008
Washington, DC |
Savonne Caughey, OFS;
Dr. David Goldman, OPHS |
Dr. David Heymann,
World Health Organization |
Food safety issues |
| Al Almanza, Administrator |
Mar 17, 2008
Washington, DC |
OFO |
National Cattlemen's
Beef Association |
Courtesy visit |
Richard Raymond,
Under Secretary;
Scott Hurd,
Deputy Under Secretary;
Al Almanza, Administrator;
Bryce Quick,
Deputy Administrator |
Mar 18, 2008
Washington, DC |
Savonne Caughey, OFS;
various FSIS staff (OFO, OPPD) |
USA Poultry & Egg
Export Council |
Food safety issues
and labeling |
| Scott Hurd, Deputy
Under Secretary |
Mar 19, 2008
Washington, DC |
|
Steve Corns, Iowa State
University |
Salmonella
pork model |
| Richard Raymond, Under
Secretary |
Mar 19, 2008
Omaha, NE |
|
UNMC Educators |
EPI Ready Course for
Training-the-Trainer in foodborne outbreak investigations |
| Richard Raymond, Under
Secretary |
Mar 20, 2008
Omaha, NE |
|
Nebraska Infrastructure
Protection Conference |
Presentation |
Al Almanza, Administrator;
Bryce Quick,
Deputy Administrator |
Mar 20, 2008
Washington, DC |
OM |
Florida A&M University
MOU Signing |
Courtesy visit |
| Richard Raymond, Under
Secretary |
Mar 26, 2008
Washington, DC |
Savonne Caughey, OFS |
Food and Drug Law Institute |
Presentation |
| Richard Raymond, Under
Secretary |
Mar 26, 2008
Washington, DC |
Savonne Caughey, OFS |
Representatives of
the government of Chile;
other USDA staff |
Food safety issues |
