Office of Food Safety/FSIS Officials' Calendar of Meetings, September 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, September 2008
Scott Hurd, Deputy Under Secretary	Sep 3-6, 2008 Sacramento, CA		University of California-Davis	Veterinarian recruitment
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Sep 4, 2008 Washington, DC	OFO, OPPD; Savonne Caughey, OFS	American Association of Meat Processors	Food safety issues
Scott Hurd, Deputy Under Secretary	Sep 7-9, 2008 Omaha, NE		Representatives of the government of Taiwan; Various USDA staff	Visit to U.S. to review beef
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Sep 9, 2008 Washington, DC	Savonne Caughey, OFS	National Academy of Sciences	Panel discussion on food safety issues
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Sep 9, 2008 Washington, DC	Savonne Caughey, OFS	Beef Industry Food Safety Council	Conference call on food safety issues
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Sep 11, 2008 Washington, DC	Savonne Caughey, OFS	National Cattlemen's Beef Association	Conference call on food safety issues
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Sep 12, 2008 Washington, DC	Savonne Caughey, OFS; OIA	Representatives of the government of Taiwan; Various USDA staff	Food safety issues
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Sep 15, 2008 Washington, DC	Savonne Caughey, OFS	American Meat Institute	Ground beef update
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Sep 17, 2008 Chicago, IL	Savonne Caughey, OFS; OPPD	Various industry representatives; Various USDA staff	Conference on the prevention of E. coli
Scott Hurd, Deputy Under Secretary	Sep 17, 2008 Washington, DC		University of California-Davis	Follow-up call on veterinarian recruitment
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary; Alfred Almanza, Administrator; Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Sep 18, 2008 Washington, DC	Savonne Caughey, OFS; Various FSIS Staff	Open to the public	FSIS public meeting on Low Dose Irradiation
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Sep 22-25, 2008 Beijing, China	Savonne Caughey, OFS	Representatives of the government of China; Various USDA staff; China International Food Safety & Quality Conference; International Poultry Council	Food safety bilateral meetings; speaking at two food safety conferences
Scott Hurd, Deputy Under Secretary	Sep 24, 2008 Washington, DC	OPPD	Secure Symbology	Conference call on developing technology for pharmaceutical companies
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Sep 26, 2008 Washington, DC		Representatives of the government of Korea; Various USDA staff	Food safety issues
Scott Hurd, Deputy Under Secretary	Sep 26, 2008 Washington, DC		Dean of ISU	Conference call
Al Almanza, Administrator	Sep 30, 2008 Washington, DC		Federal Asian Pacific American Council	Courtesy visit

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
OOEET—Office of Outreach, Employee Education and Training

Last Modified: December 31, 2008