Nixon, Texas

On Feb. 14, the FSIS inspection team at an establishment honored their teammate Consumer Safety Inspector (CSI) Enrique Labrada’s 30 years of service.

Pictured above: Lebrada holds the plaque he received.

Photo by Supervisory CSI Annette Miller.

Pictured, from left: CSIs Marco Mejia and Joseph Mejia; Labrada; Miller; CSI Raul Sanchez.

Photo by a plant employee.

Dallas, Texas

On Feb. 18, Administrator Dr. Denise Eblen visited the Dallas District and met with FSIS staff in the area. She provided updates and answered questions from the group.

Pictured, front row, from left: Intern Veronica Flores; Resource Management Specialists (RMS) Alyssa Montemayor and Malika Goodlow; Public Health Training Coordinator Tara Herbst; Dr. Eblen, Management Analyst Doretta Dunn; Dallas Deputy District Manager (DDM) Dr. Kinsey Naylor-Byles; Resource Coordinator Suzette Woerner.

Back row, from left: Labor Employee Relations Specialist Jacob Valdez, Resource Manager Bill Fountas, RMS Nekiwa Smith, Deputy Veterinary Medical Specialist Dr. Adil Abdalla, DDM Dr. Samuel Dragoi, RMS Pre Henderson, Supervisory Enforcement Investigation and Analysis Officer Christopher Romero, Senior Equivalence Officer Nancy Layland, District Case Specialist Dr. Scott Syska, Frontline Supervisor (FLS) Dr. Shannon Beaumont, District Manager Dr. Jennifer Beasley-McKean, Supervisory Investigator Larry Belk, FLS Thomas Griego, DDM Dr. Gary Davis, Compliance and Investigations Division (CID) Investigator Ron Wells, FLS Adam Tittor, CID Investigator Devin Beltz, RMS Duilio Valle.

Pictured, from left: CSI Kenneth Murphy receiving his 45-year service pin and certificate from Dr. Eblen.

Pictured, standing, from left: CSI Denise Phillips; FLS Dr. Arun Lukose; CSIs Nikki Turner-Allen, Frankie Walzier, Samona Walker, Velva Cole, Jennifer Truxal, John Kerrigan, Freddy Johnson, Sr., Shelly Burkowski-Myers, Rodney Pate, David DeRenzo, Roberto Flores, and Mary DeSilva; FLS Dr. Shannon Beaumont; CSI Mei Nea; FLS Thomas Griego; CSI Lorie Sinnott and Keenan Phipps; FLS Adam Tittor.

Seated, front row, from left: CSIs Lavonne Massey and Kenneth Murphy; Dr. Eblen; CSI David Pena.

Photos by OA Deputy Chief of Staff Dr. Jenifer Tolan.

Arlington, Va.

On Feb. 27-28, FSIS held a break-out session and exhibit booth at the 101st annual Agricultural Outlook Forum. FSIS Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Office of Investigation, Enforcement and Audit Robert Witte moderated the panel discussion, “Food Safety in Modern Supply Chains.” The panel provided perspectives from industry, wholesalers and academia about emerging and converging food safety challenges within modern food supply chains.

Panelists were Family & Consumer Sciences Senior Agent Dr. Shauna Henley of the University of Maryland Extension Service for Baltimore County, Vice President Ashley Eisenbeiser of The Food Industry Association (FMI) and Senior Director of Food Safety and Quality Assurance Shane Sampels of the Sysco Corporation.

FSIS staff greeted visitors at the exhibit booth and answered questions about the FSIS mission and careers.

See more photos from the Agricultural Outlook Forum on the USDA Flickr album.

Pictured above, from left: Eisenbeiser begins her presentation as part of the panel discussion. Pictured seated, from left: Witte, Dr. Henley and Sampels.

Photo by Kenneth King.

Pictured above: Witte (left) opens the FSIS session. Pictured, seated, from left: Eisenbeiser, Dr. Henley and Sampels.

USDA photo.

Pictured above, from left: Office of Public Affairs and Consumer Education (OPACE) Senior Public Affairs Specialist Nikki Credic-Barrett, Senior Writer-Editor Laura Reiser and Legislative Analyst Brandon Pachman.

Photo by OPACE Executive Communications Branch Chief Bailey McWilliams.

Pictured above, from left: OPACE Public Affairs Specialists Kenneth King and Maura Drumm at the FSIS exhibit booth.

Photo by McWilliams.

Pachman talks with a booth visitor about FSIS and consumer food safety.

Photo by McWilliams.

Pictured above, second from left: Credic-Barrett talks with booth visitors about FSIS and consumer food safety.

Photo by McWilliams.

Pictured above: Pachman (right) talks to booth visitors about FSIS and consumer food safety.

Photo by Reiser.

Pictured above: OPACE Pachman (left) talks with Bernt Nelson of the American Farm Bureau Federation about FSIS and food safety.

USDA photo.

Pictured above, from left: Witte, Eisenbeiser, Dr. Henley and Sampels.

Photo by McWilliams.

McWilliams, King and Drumm talk with a booth visitor about FSIS and consumer food safety.

Photo by Reiser.