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Animal and Egg Production Food Safety Staff

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Alice Thaler, D.V.M.
Diplomate American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine
Staff Director

Joined the USDA/FSIS as a supervisory veterinary medical officer in 1984, after owning and managing a private veterinary practice. Supervised inspection activities in meat and poultry slaughter and processing plants then worked as a Veterinary Staff Officer in Inspection Operations, Washington, D.C.

Served as a Branch Chief in FSIS policy area developing Inspection Systems - integrated technical advances into food safety policy and programs, implemented strategic plans for reducing regulatory burden, increasing accountability, and measured results.

Joined the Animal Production Food Safety Staff in 1999, as the National Program Leader for Poultry then became the Director of the Animal and Egg Production Food Safety Staff June 2000.

• Undergraduate – Pre-medicine biology major and economics minor at Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
• Graduate study - Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Georgia
• Postgraduate study at The Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD
• Board Certified in Veterinary Preventive Medicine

Currently President of the National Association of Federal Veterinarians (NAFV) and represent NAFV in the Coalition for Effective Change. Member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, American Association of Avian Pathologists/ Public Health Committee, United States Animal Health Association, American Association of Food Hygiene Veterinarians, Western Maryland Veterinary Medical Association.

For further information contact:

Food Safety and Inspection Service
Office of Policy, Program Development and Evaluation
Animal and Egg Production Food Safety Staff
1400 Independence Ave., SW
Room 0002
Washington, DC  20250
Telephone:  202-690-2683
Fax:  202-720-8213