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Preliminary Syllabus - Meat and Poultry Inspection Seminar
Washington, DC
June 6-23, 2005


Monday June 6
1:00 - 2:00 Registration
2:00 - 2:15 Opening Remarks
(including identification of key staff)
2:15 - 3:00 Welcome by Administrator
(including APHIS/FAS & CODEX reps)
3:00 - 3:30 Chamber of Commerce/Washington D.C.
3:30 - 4:30 Social: cookies and punch
Tuesday, June 7
8:00 - 9:00 Goals & Objectives - US Food Safety System
9:00 - 10:00 Overview of Cooperation Between Federal Agencies (FSIS/APHIS/FDA)
10:00 - 12:00 Current Events - BSE and AI Update
12:00 - 1:30 Lunch
1:30 - 5:00 Performance Based Inspection System (PBIS) Sanitation Performance Standards & Sanitation Standard Operation Procedures
Wednesday,June 8
8:00 - 10:00 Livestock & Poultry Slaughter Inspection
10:00 - 11:00 Residue Program
11:00 - 11:30 Group Picture
11:30 - 2:30 Farm to Table Barbeque
2:30 - 4:30 Consumer Education - Food Safety
Thursday, June 9
6:00 - 5:00 Field Trip 1: Purdue/Rocco, VA
Visit Poultry Slaughter/Processing and Cold Storage Facility, and return to DC
Friday, June 10
8:00 - 11:30 HACCP Verification, Food Safety Regulatory Essentials
11:30 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 Product Recall
2:00 - 3:00 Risk Based Analysis
3:00 - 4:00 Pathogen Reduction & Microbial Standards & Product Testing
Monday, June 13
8:00 - 5:00 Introductory HACCP Course
Tuesday, June 14
8:00 - 5:00 Introductory HACCP Course
Wednesday, June 15
8:00 - 11:30 Introductory HACCP Course
11:30 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 3:00 USDA/APHIS - Vet. Service at the Federal & State levels
3:00 - 4:30 Food Security
Thursday, June 16
6:00 - 5:00 Field Trip 2: Souderton, PA
Visit Beef Slaughter/Processing Plant and Cold Storage Facility

Hatfield, PA
Visit Prok Slaughter/Processing Plant and Cold Storage Facility, and return to DC
Friday, June 17
8:00 - 9:00 Inspection Equivalence Requirements
9:00 - 10:30 Foreign Inspection Program Reviews
10:30 - 12:00 Compliance/Enforcement
12:00 - 1:30 Lunch
1:30 - 2:30 Exports
2:30 - 3:30 Ports of Entry Re-Inspection
3:30 - 4:30 Import Surveillance
Monday, June 20
8:00 - 5:00 Field Trip 3: Baltimore, MD
Visit Port Facilities including Cold Storage Facility; Export Certification & Port of Entry Re-inspection Procedures; and return to DC
Tuesday, June 21
8:00 - 9:00 FSIS Regulatory Process
9:00 - 10:00 FDA Food Code & Retail Facilities
10:00 - 11:30 CODEX
11:30 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 HACCP: An Industry Perspective
2:00 - 4:00 HACCP: Alternative Systems
4:00 - 5:00 Antimicrobial Interventions: New Technology Staff
Wednesday, June 22
8:00 - 5:00 Field Trip 4: Beltsville, MD
Visit to Agricultural Research Center (including discussion of Pathogen Reduction Food Safety Research)
Thursday, June 23
8:00 - 10:00 Standards, labeling & Ingredients
10:00 - 11:00 Food Safety Assessment Strategy
11:00 - 12:00 Evaluation
11:30 - 1:00 Lunch
1:30 - 2:30 Center for Learning - FSIS Training Programs
2:30 - 4:00 Closing and Certificate Presentation

 

 

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