| Officials'
Calendar of Meetings, September 2011 |
| OFS/FSIS Official and Title |
Date & Site |
Other FSIS/OFS Participants |
Non-FSIS/OFS Participants |
Subject |
| Elisabeth A. Hagen, Under Secretary |
Sep 1, 2011
Washington, DC |
K. Naessens, D. Sandretti, N. Gaffney |
Beth Weise, USA Today |
Meet and Greet Coffee |
| Elisabeth A. Hagen, Under Secretary |
Sep 8, 2011 Washington, DC |
A. Almanza |
Beth Johnson, Food Directions DC |
Remarks at National Turkey Federation Summit |
| Elisabeth A. Hagen, Under Secretary |
Sep 12, 2011
Washington, DC |
D. Sandretti |
Willie Newman, New York Times |
Interview on Non-O157 |
Elisabeth A. Hagen, Under Secretary;
Brian E. Ronholm, Deputy Under Secretary |
Sep 12, 2011 Washington, DC |
A. Ramos |
Consumer and Industry Stakeholders |
Briefings on Non-O157 |
| Elisabeth A. Hagen, Under Secretary |
Sep 12, 2011
Washington, DC |
D. Sandretti |
NBC |
Interview on Non-O157 |
| Elisabeth A. Hagen, Under Secretary |
Sep 12-16, 2011 Minneapolis, MN |
A. Almanza, D. Sandretti, K. Naessens |
|
Minnesota Employee Town Hall; Hormel Visit; University of Minnesota Visit |
| Brian E. Ronholm, Deputy Under Secretary |
Sep 13-18, 2011
Monterey, CA |
|
California Poultry Federation (CPF) |
Remarks at the CPF Annual Conference; tour with Congressman Farr’s office; media events |
| Elisabeth A. Hagen, Under Secretary |
Sep 19, 2011 New York City |
D. Sandretti |
International Food Information Council (IFIC) |
Speaking at the IFIC Foundation’s Global Food and Health Communications Summit |
| Brian E. Ronholm, Deputy Under Secretary |
Sep 19, 2011
Washington, DC |
K. Naessens |
Dr. Todd Armstrong,
Doug Roth, Dr. Jason Hammelman, and Savonne Caughey, Elanco |
Food Safety and Pre-harvest |
| Brian E. Ronholm, Deputy Under Secretary |
Sep 21, 2011
Washington, DC |
|
Secretary Vilsack; John Dalli, EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy |
EU Food Safety issues |
| Brian E. Ronholm, Deputy Under Secretary |
Sep 21, 2011 Bethesda, MD |
|
Francois Rivasseau, Deputy Head of EU Delegation;
Representatives from FDA, HHS, AARP, FAS |
Dinner |
| Elisabeth A. Hagen, Under Secretary |
Sep 22, 2011
Washington, DC |
A. Almanza |
Acting Under Secretary Scuse, FFAS;
J. Patrick Boyle, AMI; Bill Westman, AMI |
Discuss unresolved meat and poultry trade issues with China |
Elisabeth A. Hagen, Under Secretary;
Brian E. Ronholm, Deputy Under Secretary |
Sep 23, 2011
Washington, DC |
K. Naessens |
Jere Dick, APHIS;
Guy Loneragan, Texas Tech;
H. Scott Hurd, Iowa State;
Beth Johnson, Food Directions DC |
Discussed Pre-Harvest issues |
| Brian E. Ronholm, Deputy Under Secretary |
Sep 26, 2011
Washington, DC |
K. Stuck, K. Lowery |
Deputy Under Secretary Darci Vetter, FFAS;
Kevin Greenlees, FDA;
Bill Westman, American Meat Institute;
Ashley Peterson, National Chicken Council;
Laurie Hueneke, National Pork Producers Council;
Jamie Jonker, National Milk Producers Federation;
Gina Tumbarello, American Feed Industry Association;
Mallory Gaines, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association;
Rich Carnevale, Animal Health Institute;
Jesse Sevcik and Savonne Caughey, Elanco;
Michael McGowan, Pfizer;
Warren Maruyama, Hogan & Lovells;
Richard Coulter, Phibro |
CCRVDF Delegation Codex Meeting |
| Philip Derfler, Deputy Administrator |
Sep 26-27, 2011
Pennsylvania, VA |
|
Eastern Meat Packers Representatives |
Remarks at the EMP Annual Meeting on Food Safety |
| Al Almanza, Administrator |
Sep 28, 2011
Washington, DC |
|
S. Goltry, AMI Representative |
Food Safety |
| Elisabeth A. Hagen, Under Secretary |
Sep 28, 2011
Washington, DC |
A. Ramos, D. Sandretti |
Ogilvy, Public Relations Firm |
Remarks at the Ogilvy Exchange Lecture on Food Safety |
| Elisabeth A. Hagen, Under Secretary |
Sep 29, 2011
Washington, DC |
A. Almanza |
Beth Johnson, Food Directions DC; Joel Brandenberger, National Turkey Federation |
Follow-up to the workshop about Salmonella outbreak |