State HACCP Contacts and Coordinators
HACCP Contacts and Coordinators provide technical advice, assistance, resources and conduct activities to support HACCP implementation in small and very small plants.
The Contact is generally the State meat and poultry program director or another representative of the State government. (A comprehensive listing of all state food regulatory officials is available from the Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO)).
Coordinators are affiliated with Universities and provide additional one-on-one advice and assistance to small and very small plants. Coordinators also develop and provide training and HACCP seminars.
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State | Contact | Coordinator |
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Alabama | Leland D. Walker (Contact) T/A Coordinator Meat Poultry Inspection Richard Beard Bldg. P. O. Box 336 Montgomery, AL 36109-0336 Phone: (334) 240-7210 Fax: (334) 240-7167 leland.walker@fsis.usda.gov |
Vacant (Coordinator)
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Alaska |
Patryce D. McKinney (Contact) Dr. Robert Gerlach (Contact) Kimberly Stryker (Contact) |
Vacant (Coordinator) |
Arizona | Rick Mann (Contact) Program Manager Meat and Poultry Inspection Arizona Dept of Agriculture Inspection Branch 1688 West Adams Phoenix, AZ 85007 Phone: (602) 542-6398 Fax: (602) 542-0033 rmann@azda.gov |
Vacant (Coordinator) |
Arkansas | Jaheon Koo, Ph.D. (Contact) University of Arkansas - Pine Bluff Department of Agriculture 1200 North University Drive Mail Slot 4913 Pine Bluff, AR 71601 Phone: (870) 575-7139 Fax: (870) 575-4629 kooj@uapb.edu |
Gregory C. Phillips, Ph.D. (Coordinator) Dr. John Marcy, Professor (Coordinator) |
California | Vacant (Contact) | Dr. John A. Henson, Ph.D. (Coordinator) Professor, Meat Science Department of Animal Science and Agricultural Education California State University, Fresno 2415 E. San Ramon Ave. M/S AS75 Fresno, CA 93740-8033 Phone: (559) 278-3921 Fax: (559) 278-4101 jhenson@csufresno.edu |
Colorado | Scott Ziehr (Contact) Colorado Dept. of Agriculture 2331 West 31st Ave. Denver, CO 80211 Phone: (303) 867-9208 Scott.ziehr@state.co.us |
Dr. John Sofos (Coordinator) Colorado State University Animal Sciences Ft. Collins, CO 80523 Phone: (970)491-7703 Fax: (970) 491-0278 john.sofos@colostate.edu |
Connecticut | Diane Wright Hirsch (Contact) University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension 305 Skiff Street North Haven, CT 06473-4451 Phone: (203) 407-3163 Fax: (203) 407-3176 diane.hirsch@uconn.edu |
Diane Wright Hirsch (Coordinator) University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension 305 Skiff Street North Haven, CT 06473-4451 Phone: (203) 407-3163 Fax: (203) 407-3176 diane.hirsch@uconn.edu |
Delaware | Andrea Volmi Jackson (Contact) Food Products Inspection Administrator Delaware Department of Agriculture 2320 S. DuPont Highway Dover, De. 19901 Phone: (302) 698-4545 Andrea.Jackson@state.de.us |
Dr. Sue Snider (Coordinator) University of Delaware 043 Townsend Hall Newark, DE 19716-2150 Phone: (302) 831-1330 Fax: (302) 831-2822 snider@udel.edu |
District of Columbia | Vacant (Contact) | Lillie Monroe-Lord (Coordinator) UDC Cooperative Extension Bldg. 410 8th Street, NW Washington, DC 20008 Phone: ( 202) 274-7125 Fax: (202) 274-7130 |
Florida | Dr. Chad Carr (Contact) University of Florida Meat Processing Center P.O. Box 110910 Gainesville, FL 32611 Phone (352) 392-2454 Fax: (352) 392-9059 chadcarr@ufl.edu |
Dr. Larry Eubanks (Coordinator) Dr. Ray Mobley (Coordinator) |
Georgia | Jeffrey Buuck, Director (Contact) Meat Inspection Section Georgia Department of Agriculture Capitol Square, Room 108 Atlanta, Georgia 30334 Phone: (404) 656-3673 Jeffrey.Buuck@agr.georgia.gov |
Dr. Anand Mohan (Coordinator) 240 Food Science Bldg. Department of Food Science & Technology University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602-2610 Phone: (706) 542-6674 anandm@uga.edu |
Hawaii | Dr. Aurora Saulo (Contact) Extension Specialist in Food Technology Dept. of Tropical Plant & Soil Sciences University of Hawaii at Manoa 3190 Maile Way, St. John 102 Honolulu, HI 96822 Phone: (808) 956-6564 Cell: (808) 226-1950 Fax: (808) 956-3894 aurora@hawaii.edu |
Dr. Aurora Saulo (Coordinator) Extension Specialist in Food Technology Dept. of Tropical Plant & Soil Sciences University of Hawaii at Manoa 3190 Maile Way, St. John 102 Honolulu, HI 96822 Phone: (808) 956-6564 Cell: (808) 226-1950 Fax: (808) 956-3894 aurora@hawaii.edu |
Idaho | Ron Richard (Contact) Dept. of Animal & Veterinary Science University of Idaho P.O. Box 442330 Moscow, ID 83844-2330 Phone: (208) 885-6727 Fax: (208) 885-6420 rrichard@uidaho.edu |
Ron Richard (Coordinator) Dept. of Animal & Veterinary Science University of Idaho P.O. Box 442330 Moscow, ID 83844-2330 Phone: (208) 885-6727 Fax: (208) 885-6420 rrichard@uidaho.edu |
Illinois | Dr. Kris Mazurczak (Contact) Bureau Chief IL Dept. of Agriculture Meat & Poultry State Fairgrounds 801 East Sangamon Ave. P.O. Box 19281 Springfield, IL 62794-9281 Phone: (217) 782-6684 Fax: (217) 524-6033 kris.mazurczak@illinois.gov |
Dr. Floyd McKeith (Coordinator) University of Illinois 205 Meat Science Lab 1503 South Maryland Dr. Urbana, IL 61801-4737 Phone: (217) 333-1684 Fax: (217) 244-5142 mckeith@uiuc.edu |
Indiana | Dr. David Bough (Contact) Director, EIAO Meat and Poultry Inspection Division Indiana Board of Animal Health Discovery Hall, Suite 100 1202 East 38th Street Indianapolis, In 46205 Phone: (317) 544-2402 Toll Free: (877) 747-3038 Fax: (317) 974-2011 dbough@boah.in.gov |
Kevin M. Keener, Ph.D, P.E. (Coordinator) Manpreet Singh, PhD (Coordinator) |
Iowa | Janis Hochstetler, M.S. (Contact) HACCP and Labeling Coordinator IA Dept. of Agriculture & Land Stewardship Meat and Poultry Inspection Bureau 502 E 9th Street Wallace State Office Building Des Moines, IA 50319 Phone: (515) 281-8858 Fax: (515) 281-4819 Janis.Hochstetler@iowaagriculture.gov |
Joe Cordray, Ph.D (Coordinator) Iowa State University Extension Meat Specialist 194 Meat Laboratory Ames, IA 50011-3150 Phone: (515) 294-4266 Fax: (515) 294-6328 Jcordray@iastate.edu |
Kansas |
Dr. Elizabeth Boyle (Contact) Tony George (Contact) |
Shelby Scott (Coordinator) Dr. Elizabeth Boyle (Coordinator) |
Kentucky | Gregg Rentfrow, PhD (Contact) Assistant Extension Professor - Meat Science Animal and Food Sciences University of Kentucky 205 W.P. Garrigus Building Lexington, KY 40546 Phone: (859) 257-7550 Fax: (859) 257-5318 gkrent2@email.uky.edu |
Vacant (Coordinator) |
Louisiana | Dr. Evelyn Watts (Contact) Assistant Professor - Seafood Extension Specialist LSU Agriculture Center and Louisiana Sea Grant School of Nutrition and Food Sciences 216 Animal and Food Sciences Laboratories 110 LSU Union Square Baton Rouge, LA 70803 Phone: (225) 578-6304 Fax: (225) 578-4890 EGWatts@agcenter.lsu.edu |
Vacant (Coordinator) |
Maine | Ronald E. Dyer, Director (Contact) Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry Division of Quality Assurance & Regulations 28 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333-0028 Phone: (207) 287-7522 ron.dyer@maine.gov |
Robson Machado, PhD (Coordinator) Dr. Jason Bolton (Coordinator) |
Maryland | Vacant (Contact) | Thomas E. Rippen (Coordinator) Seafood Technology Specialist Sea Grant Extension Program Richard A. Henson Center University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, MD 21853 Phone: (410) 651-6636 Fax: (410) 651-6207 terippen@umes.edu |
Massachusetts | Amanda Kinchla (Contact) University of Massachusetts Food Science 231 Chenoweth Laboratory Amherst, MA 01003 Phone: (413) 545-1017 amanda.kinchla@foodsci.umass.edu |
Vacant, (Coordinator) |
Michigan | Tim Slawinski (Contact) Food Safety Modernization Unit Manager Food and Dairy Division Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development P.O. Box 30017 Lansing, MI 48909 Phone: (517) 420-5364 slawinskit@michigan.gov |
Jeannine P. Schweihofer, PH.D. (Coordinator) Jason Hofman (Coordinator) Jeffrey Hamley, Ed.D. (Coordinator) |
Minnesota |
Jennifer Stephes (Contact) Lisa Wetzel (Contact) |
Ryan Cox, Ph.D. (Coordinator) Assistant Professor Meat Science Department of Animal Science 155D Haecker Hall 1364 Eckles Avenue St. Paul, MN 55108-6118 Phone: (612) 624-3063 Fax: (612) 625-5789 ryancox@umn.edu |
Mississippi | Anthony Pritchard (Contact) Deputy Director, Meat Inspection Division Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce P.O. Box 1609 Jackson, MS 39215-1609 Phone: (601) 359-1191 Fax: (601) 359-1105 anthony.pritchard@fsis.usda.gov |
Courtney A. Crist, Ph.D. (Coordinator) Assistant Extension Professor Mississippi State University Extension Service Department of Food Science, Nutrition, and Health Promotion Box 9805 Mississippi State, MS 39762 Phone: (662) 325-0852 Email: cac400@msstate.edu |
Missouri | Dr. Marin DeBauch, Program Director MO State Meat Inspection Program MO Department of Agriculture 1616 Missouri Blvd. Jefferson City, MO 65102-0630 Office: (573) 522-1242 Fax: (573) 881-5759 Marin.DeBauch@mda.mo.gov |
Callie Ewers (Coordinator) Dr. Andrew D. Clarke (Coordinator) |
Montana | Gary J. Hamel, Chief (Contact) Meat and Poultry Inspection P.O. Box 202001 Helena, MT 59620 Phone (406) 444-5293 ghamel@mt.gov |
Dr. Jane Ann Boles (Coordinator) Animal and Range Science 119 Linfield Hall P.O. Box 172900 Bozeman, MT 59717-2900 Phone: (406) 994-7352 Fax: (406) 994-5589 jboles@montana.edu |
Nebraska |
Ken Tichota (Contact) Melva Ball (Contact) |
Dr. Dennis Burson (Coordinator) Extension Meat Specialist University of Nebraska A 213 Animal Science Lincoln, NE 68583 Phone: (402) 472-6457 Cell: (402) 805-7528 Fax: (402) 472-6362 dburson@unlnotes.unl.edu |
Nevada | Mike Holcomb (Contact) University of NV 5895 Cleanwater Way Reno, NV 89502 Phone: (775) 857-3663 Fax: (775) 857-3666 cholcomb@cabnr.unr.edu |
Mike Holcomb (Coordinator) University of NV 5895 Cleanwater Way Reno, NV 89502 Phone: (775) 857-3663 Fax: (775) 857-3666 cholcomb@cabnr.unr.edu |
New Hampshire | Dr. Catherine Violette (Contact) University of NH Cooperative Ext. Food Safety & Nutrition 129 Main Street 209 Kenall Hall Durham, NH 03824 Phone: (603) 862-2496 Fax: (603) 862-1148 catherine.violette@unh.edu |
Dr. Catherine Violette (Coordinator) University of NH Cooperative Ext. Food Safety & Nutrition 129 Main Street 209 Kenall Hall Durham, NH 03824 Phone: (603) 862-1148 Fax: (603) 862-3758 catherine.violette@unh.edu |
New Jersey | Dr. Donald Schaffner (Contact) Rutgers University Dept. of Food Science 65 Dudley Road New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8520 Phone: (732) 982-7475 don.schaffner@rutgers.edu |
Dr. Donald Schaffner (Coordinator) Rutgers University Dept. of Food Science 65 Dudley Rd. New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8520 Phone: (732) 982-7475 don.schaffner@rutgers.edu |
New Mexico | Kelly J. Hamilton (Contact) Director, Office of Agricultural Biosecurity Co-Director, Southwest Border Food Protection and Emergency Preparedness Center New Mexico Department of Agriculture MSC 3189 New Mexico State University P.O. Box 30005 Las Cruces, NM 88003-8005 Phone: (575) 646-7243 Fax: (575) 646-8120 KHamilton@nmda.nmsu.edu |
Kelly J. Hamilton (Coordinator) Director, Office of Agricultural Biosecurity Co-Director, Southwest Border Food Protection and Emergency Preparedness Center New Mexico Department of Agriculture MSC 3189 New Mexico State University P.O. Box 30005 Las Cruces, NM 88003-8005 Phone: (575) 646-7243 Fax: (575) 646-8120 KHamilton@nmda.nmsu.edu |
New York |
John M. Luker (Contact) Sharon Pretel (Contact) Erin Sawyer (Contact) Cory Skier (Contact) |
Vacant (Coordinator) |
North Carolina |
Lisa Benton (Contact)
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Dr. John Rushing (Coordinator) Dana Hanson (Coordinator) Patricia A. Curtis, Ph.D., CFS (Coordinator) |
North Dakota | Nathan Kroh (Contact) Scientific Information Coordinator ND Department of Agriculture 600 E. Blvd. Ave. Bismarck, ND 58505 Phone: (701) 328-4767 Fax: (701) 328-2240 nkroh@nd.gov |
Dr. Julie Garden-Robinson (Ph.D., R.D., L.R.D. (Coordinator) Robert Maddock (Coordinator) |
Ohio | Dr. Nick Wagner (Contact) Chief, Division of Meat Inspection Ohio Department of Agriculture 8995 E. Main Street Reynoldsburg, OH Phone: (614) 728-6260 Fax: (614) 728-6434 Nick.Wagner@Agri.ohio.gov |
Dr. Lynn Knipe (Coordinator) Ohio State University 2015 Fyffe Court Columbus, OH 43210 Phone: (614) 292-4877 Fax: (614) 292-0218 Knipe.1@osu.edu |
Oklahoma | Stan Stromberg, Director (Contact) OK Dept. of Agriculture Meat Inspection Food Safety Division 2800 North Lincoln Blvd. Oklahoma City, OK 73105-4298 Phone: (405) 521-3741 Fax: (405) 522-0756 stanley.stromberg@oda.state.ok.us |
Jason Young (Coordinator) Peter Muriana (Coordinator) Jake Nelson (Coordinator) Ravi Jadeja, Ph.D (Coordinator) |
Oregon | Lauren Gwin, Ph.D.(Contact) Oregon State University 107 Crop Science Corvallis, OR 97331 Phone: (541) 737-1569 lauren.gwin@oregonstate.edu |
Vacant (Coordinator) |
Pennsylvania | Robert Hein (Contact) Food Sanitarian Shellfish Program Specialist Department of Agriculture 2301 N. Cameron Street Harrisburg, PA 17110-9408 Phone: (717) 787-4315 Fax: (717) 787-1873 rhein@pa.gov |
Dr. Catherine Nettles Cutter, Ph.D. (Coordinator) Professor and Food Safety Extension Specialist Department of Food Science Pennsylvania State University 433 Food Science Building University Park, PA 16802 Phone: (814) 865-8862 Fax: (814) 863-6132 cnc3@psu.edu |
Puerto Rico | Edna Negron (Coordinator) Food Science & Technology University of Puerto Rico Mayaquez Campus P.O. Box 9000 Mayaquez, PR 00681-9000 Phone: (787) 832-4040 Ext. 2950 edna.negron1@upr.edu |
Vacant (Coordinator) |
Rhode Island | Dr. Lori Pivarnik (Contact) Coordinator, Food Safety Education/Research Program Nutrition and Food Sciences University of Rhode Island 530 Liberty Lane West Kingston, RI 02892 Phone: (401) 874-2972 Fax: (401) 874-2994 pivarnik@uri.edu |
Dr. Lori Pivarnik (Coordinator) Coordinator, Food Safety Education/Research Program Nutrition and Food Sciences University of Rhode Island 530 Liberty Lane West Kingston, RI 02892 Phone: (401) 874-2972 Fax: (401) 874-2994 pivarnik@uri.edu |
South Carolina | Dr. James T. Miller (Contact) Director, South Carolina Meat-Poultry Inspection Department Clemson Rd. Columbia, SC 29229 Phone: (803) 788-8747 jtm7@clemson.edu |
Dr. Julie K. Northcutt (Coordinator) Dr. Doug Smith (Coordinator) |
South Dakota | Vacant (Contact) |
Keith Underwood, Ph.D. (Coordinator) Assistant Professor, Extension Meat Specialist 120 SAS Box 2170 Brookings, SD 57007 Phone: (605) 688-5439 Keith.underwood@sdstate.edu |
Tennessee | Vacant (Contact) |
Dr. Faith Critzer (Coordinator) Payton Pruett, Ph.D. (Coordinator) |
Texas | James R. Dillon, DVM, MPH (Contact) Acting Director, Texas Meat Safety Assurance Unit Texas Department of State Health Services 1100 West 49th Street Austin, TX 78756 Phone: (512) 834-6760 ext. 2545 Fax: (512) 834-6763 James.Dillon@dshs.state.tx.us |
Kerri Harris (Coordinator) HACCP Alliance National Coordinator Texas A&M University 120 Rosenthal 2471 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-2471 Phone: (979) 862-3643 Fax: (979) 862-3075 kharris@tamu.edu |
Utah | Noel McSpadden (Contact) Manager Utah Dept of Agriculture and Food Meat and Poultry Inspection 350 North Redwood Rd Salt Lake City, UT 84116 Phone: (801) 537-7117 Fax: (801) 538-7169 nmcspaddenjr@utah.gov |
Vacant (Coordinator) |
Vermont | Dr. Katherine McNamara, DVM (Contact) Assistant Veterinarian VT Agency of Agriculture Food Safety and Consumer Protection Meat Inspection Service 116 State Street Montpelier, VT 05620-2901 Phone: (802) 828-2426 Fax: (802) 828-5983 Katherine.mcnamara@vermont.gov |
Omar A. Oyarzabal, PhD (Coordinator) Associate Professor, Food Safety University of Vermont Extension 140 Kennedy Drive Suite 201 South Burlington, VT 05403-6716 Phone: 802-651-0054 x503 Fax: 206-984-1039 omar.oyarzabal@uvm.edu |
Virgin Islands | Edna Negron (Coordinator) Food Science & Technology University of Puerto Rico Mayaquez Campus P.O. Box 9000 Mayaquez, PR 00681-9000 Phone: (787) 832-4040 Ext. 2950 edna.negron1@upr.edu |
Vacant (Coordinator) |
Virginia | Barry Jones, Acting Program Manager (Contact) Office of Meat & Poultry Services VA Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services Oliver Hill Building 102 Governor Street, Suite 352 Richmond, VA 23219 Phone: (804) 786-4569 Fax: (804) 786-1003 Barry.Jones@vdacs.virginia.gov |
Joseph D. Eifert, Ph.D. (Coordinator) Extension Specialist Poultry Safety and Quality Dept. of Food Science & Technology (0924) Virginia Tech Human & Agricultural Biosciences Bldg. 1, Room 401B 1230 Washington St. SW Blacksburg, VA 24061 Phone: (540) 231-3658 Fax: (540) 231-9293 jeifert@vt.edu |
Washington | David Smith (Contact) Food Safety Program Manager Washington State Department of Agriculture Phone: (360) 902-1952 dsmith@agr.wa.gov |
Dr. Jan Busboom (Coordinator) Washington St. University 123 Clark Hall Pullman, WA 99164-6310 Phone: (509) 335-2880 Fax: (509) 335-1082 |
West Virginia | Quinton Jones (Contact) Meat and Poultry Inspection Division WV Dept. of Agriculture 1900 Kanawha Blvd. East State Capitol Charleston, WV 25305 Phone: (304) 558-2206 Fax: (304) 558-1882 qjones@ag.state.wv.us |
Quinton Jones (Coordinator) Meat and Poultry Inspection Division WV Dept. of Agriculture 1900 Kanawha Blvd. East State Capitol Charleston, WV 25305 Phone: (304) 558-2206 Fax: (304) 558-1882 qjones@ag.state.wv.us |
Wisconsin | Cindy Klug, Director (Contact) Division of Food Safety Wis Dept of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Madison, WI 53708-8911 Phone: (608) 224-4729 cindy.klug@wi.gov |
Dr. Barbara Ingham (Coordinator) Dr. Jeff Sindelar (Coordinator) |
Wyoming | Stacia Berry (Contact) Deputy Director/Acting Consumer Health Services Manager 2219 Carey Ave. Cheyenne, WY 82002 Phone: (307) 777-6569 stacia.berry@wyo.gov |
Linda Stratton (Coordinator) Jon Cecil (Coordinator) Warrie Means (Coordinator) |