Officials' Calendar of Meetings, January 2014
This public calendar is issued by the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). It lists meetings held by the Under Secretary and Deputy Under Secretary, Office of Food Safety (OFS) and the Administrator and Deputy Administrator for FSIS with persons outside the Federal Government.
Key to Abbreviations | Archive
| OFS/FSIS Official and Title | Date and Site | Other FSIS/OFS Participants |
Non-FSIS/OFS Participants |
Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian E. Ronholm, Deputy Under Secretary, OFS | January 3, 2014 Washington, DC |
Cathy Cochran, Public Affairs Specialist, FSIS | Amber Healy, Food Chemical News | Background Interview |
| Alfred V. Almanza, Administrator, FSIS | January 7, 2014 Washington, DC |
Brian Covington, Senior Director, Keystone Foods | Meet and Greet with Jason Shell, U.S. VP for Keystone Foods | |
| Alfred V. Almanza, Administrator, FSIS | January 7, 2014 Washington, DC |
Adam Tarr, Acting Chief of Staff, OFS | Food Safety News | Interview |
| Alfred V. Almanza, Administrator, FSIS | January 9, 2014 Washington, DC |
Barbara Masters, Olsson Frank Weeda (OFW) Law | Meet and Greet | |
| Alfred V. Almanza, Administrator, FSIS | January 9, 2014 Washington, DC |
Philip S. Derfler, Deputy Administrator, and William C. Smith, Assistant Administrator, FSIS | Ashley Petersen, National Chicken Council; Lisa Wallenda Piccard, National Turkey Federation; Dennis Johnson and Barbara Masters, OFW Law |
FSIS release of Notices of Suspension |
| Brian E. Ronholm, Deputy Under Secretary, OFS | January 9, 2014 Washington, DC |
Philip S. Derfler, Deputy Administrator, FSIS | Alun Davies AM, Welsh Government Minister for Natural Resources and Food; Gwyn Howels, CEO, Hybu Cig Cymru (HCC); Laura Dodds, Market Development Manager; Bill Joyce, Meat Promotion Wales, (HCC); British Embassy - Mark Kent, Helen Guedella |
Current impact on the entry of Welsh meat into the USA |
| Alfred V. Almanza, Administrator, FSIS | January 15, 2014 Washington, DC |
Philip Derfler, Deputy Administrator; FSIS Management Council | Consumer Representatives | Meeting |
| Brian E. Ronholm, Deputy Under Secretary, OFS | January 16, 2014 Washington, DC |
Alfred V. Almanza, Administrator; Philip Derfler, Deputy Administrator; FSIS Management Council | Industry Representatives | Meeting |
| Alfred V. Almanza, Administrator, FSIS | January 21, 2014 Washington, DC |
Philip Derfler, Deputy Administrator; FSIS Management Council | HE Honourable Kim Beazley AC | Ambassador of Australia Reception |
| Alfred V. Almanza, Administrator, FSIS | January 23, 2014 Arlington, VA |
Mark Gustafson, Chairman, U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) | Market access issues with USMEF exporter committee | |
| Alfred V. Almanza, Administrator, FSIS | January 24, 2014 Washington, DC |
Mexican Embassy | Meet and Greet |
- OA—Office of the Administrator, FSIS
- OC—Office of Communications, USDA
- ODIFP—Office of Data Integration and Food Protection, FSIS
- OFO—Office of Field Operations, FSIS
- OFS—Office of Food Safety, USDA
- OM—Office of Management, FSIS
- OPACE—Office of Public Affairs and Consumer Education, FSIS
- OIEA—Office of Investigation, Enforcement, and Audit, FSIS
- OPHS—Office of Public Health Science, FSIS
- OPPD—Office of Policy and Program Development, FSIS
- OSEC—Office of the Secretary, USDA
- PHIS—Public Health Information System
- AMI—American Meat Institute
- AMS—Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA
- APHIS—Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA
- BIFSCO—Beef Industry Food Safety Council
- CFIA—Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- FFAS—Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, USDA
- FDA—U.S. Food and Drug Administration, HHS
- FMI—Food Marketing Institute
- GMA—Grocery Manufacturers Association
- HHS—U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- HSUS—Humane Society of the United States
- MRP—Marketing and Regulatory Programs, USDA
- NAFV—National Association of Federal Veterinarians
- NCBA—National Cattlemen's Beef Association
- NMA—National Meat Association
- NRCS—Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA