Officials' Calendar of Meetings, October 2016
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred V. Almanza, Deputy Under Secretary, OFS, Acting Administrator, FSIS | October 13, 2016 Washington, DC |
David Goldman, Assistant Administrator; Daniel Engeljohn, Assistant Administrator | Ashley Peterson, Senior Vice President, National Chicken Council; and Lampkin Butts, Sanderson Farms | Buffered Peptone Water |
| Alfred V. Almanza, Deputy Under Secretary, OFS, Acting Administrator, FSIS | October 18, 2016 Washington, DC |
Carmen Rottenberg, Deputy Administrator; William "Bill" Smith, Assistant Administrator; Daniel Engeljohn, Assistant Administrator; Rachel Edelstein, Deputy Assistant Administrator; Rosalyn Murphy-Jenkins, Director; and Robert Witte, Staff Officer, FSIS | Joe Harris, Betsy Booren, Eden Shiferaw, Glen Kusak, Jonathan Pace, Stacy Mikolajczyk, Tom Molini, Ed Ruff, Jason Beyer, John Southerland, Marsha Stabel, Pat Nicholson, George Heid, and Jim Ondrusek - Southwest Meat Association | Discuss labeling issues and PHIS |
| Alfred V. Almanza, Deputy Under Secretary, OFS, Acting Administrator, FSIS | October 19, 2016 Washington, DC |
Jane Doherty, International Coordination Executive; Daniel Engeljohn, Assistant Administrator; Shannon McMurtrey, International Coordination Specialist; Janet McGinn, Director; Vincent Fayne, Director; Nader Memarian, Program Auditor | Dr. Enrique Sanchez Cruz, Ulises Bolanos, Carlos Vazquez, and Hugo Fragoso – SENASICA; Carolina Giliberti, Harpreet Kochhar, Lyzette Lamondin, and Heather Holland – Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA); Chris Forbes, Fred Gorrell, and Karen Hodgson – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC); Brad Wood, Mike Hawkins and Jennifer Miner – Embassy of Canada | Senior Officials meeting with SENASICA, CFIA an AAFC |
| Alfred V. Almanza, Deputy Under Secretary, OFS, Acting Administrator, FSIS | October 25, 2016 Washington, DC |
Bill Jolly, Chief Assurance Strategy Officer; and Jason Frost, Ministry for Primary Industries, New Zealand Embassy | GMO Labeling Issues | |
| Alfred V. Almanza, Deputy Under Secretary, OFS, Acting Administrator, FSIS | October 27, 2016 Washington, DC |
Brian Ronholm, Deputy Under Secretary, OFS; Carmen Rottenberg, Deputy Administrator; Cara LeConte, Chief of Staff, and FSIS Assistant Administrators | Consumer Representatives | Consumer Meeting |
| Alfred V. Almanza, Deputy Under Secretary, OFS, Acting Administrator, FSIS | October 27, 2016 Washington, DC |
Brian Ronholm, Deputy Under Secretary, OFS; Carmen Rottenberg, Deputy Administrator; Cara LeConte, Chief of Staff, and FSIS Assistant Administrators | Industry Representatives | Industry Meeting |
- NPIS—New Poultry Inspection System
- 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