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Agenda for
IMPROVING THE RECALL PROCESS

An FSIS Public Meeting

December 12, 2002

Washington Plaza Hotel
10 Thomas Circle
Washington, D.C. 20005

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8:00 am - 8:25 Welcome Elsa A. Murano, Ph.D.
Under Secretary for Food Safety
Keynote Garry L. McKee, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Administrator, FSIS
Overview of Meeting Phil Derfler
Deputy Administrator, OPPD

THE RECALL PROCESS

8:25 - 8:35 FSIS Recall Authority
  Phil Derfler
Deputy Administrator, OPPD
8:35:  9:00 How FSIS works with the CDC and Other Public Health Agencies
  Kristin G. Holt, D.V.M., M.P.H.
FSIS Liaison to the CDC
Human Health Sciences Division, OPHS
9:00-9:20 How FSIS Approaches Recalls
  Armia Tawadrous
Director
Recall Management Division, OFO
9:20 – 9:50 Anatomy of a Recall
  Angie Siemens, Ph.D.
Vice President, Food Safety
Smithfield Packing Co.
9:50 – 10:10 Break
10:10 – 10:40 FSIS and the States – Working Together on Recalls
  Kenneth Petersen, DVM, M.P.H.
Asst. Deputy Administrator,
OFO
Shirley Bohm
Director
Dairy and Food Inspection Division
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
10:40 – 11:30 Other Agency Approaches to Recalls
  Willie R. Bryant, Jr.
Senior Recall Officer
Div. Compliance, Management and Operations
Food and Drug Administration
Marc Schoem
Director
Recalls and Compliance Div., Office of Compliance
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
11:30 – 12:00 Question and Answer Period
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch

HOW CAN THE RECALL PROCESS BE MADE MORE EFFECTIVE?

PANEL DISCUSSIONS

 

ISSUE

MODERATOR

PANELISTS

1:00 – 2:00 Mandatory recall authority – what are the implications?
    Bryce Quick
Asst. Administrator
OC
 Eric Juzenas
Senior Professional Staff
Senate Committee on Agriculture
Nutrition and Forestry
John Bode, Esq.
Partner
Olsen, Frank & Weeda
Caroline Smith DeWaal
Director Food Safety
Center for Science in the  Public Interest
Pete Thomson
Senior Professional Staff
House Committee on Agriculture
2:00 – 3:00 When is public notification needed?
    Karen Hulebak, Sc.D.
Deputy Administrator
OPHS
Alice Johnson, D.V.M.
President
National Turkey Federation
Karen Taylor Mitchell, M.P.A.
Executive Director
Safe Tables Our Priority
David Schmidt
Senior Vice President
Food Safety
Int. Food Information Council
3:00 – 3:30 Break
3:30 – 4:30 New approaches to recalls -
  • Should the mark of inspection be withheld from products pending sample results?
  • Should the Agency approach establishment-initiated recalls differently from Agency-initiated recalls?
    Phil Derfler
Administrator
OPPD
Rosemary Mucklow
Executive Director
National Meat Association
Shirley Bohm
Director
Dairy and Food Inspection Div.
Minnesota Dept. Agriculture
Carol Tucker Foreman
Director
Food Policy Institute
Consumer Federation of America
4:30 – 5:00 Question and Answer Period  
5:00 – 5:10 Meeting Wrap-Up Merle D. Pierson, Ph.D.
Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety
5:10 pm Adjourn

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