Officials'
Calendar of Meetings through May 31, 2008 |
OFS/FSIS
Official and Title |
Date
& Site |
Other
FSIS/OFS Participants |
Non-FSIS/OFS
Participants |
Subject |
Richard Raymond,
Under Secretary |
May 1, 2008
Chicago, IL |
Savonne Caughey, OFS |
World Trade Group’s
Food Safety Day, New Horizons, Novel Approaches;
various members of media;
various U.S. government representatives |
Presentation |
Richard Raymond, Under
Secretary |
May 2, 2008
Washington, DC |
Savonne Caughey, OFS |
Dr. Mohammad Koohmarie,
IEH Laboratories & Consulting Group |
Controlling E.
coli O157:H7 in trim and ground beef |
Richard Raymond, Under
Secretary |
May 2, 2008
Washington, DC |
|
Wayne Pacelle, Humane
Society; various USDA staff |
Humane handling in
stockyard facilities |
Richard Raymond, Under
Secretary |
May 4, 2008
Washington, DC |
Savonne Caughey, OFS; various FSIS staff |
Members of the Korean
and U.S. media |
Statement on the safety
of the U.S. beef supply |
Richard Raymond, Under
Secretary;
Scott Hurd, Deputy Under Secretary |
May 5, 2008
Washington, DC |
Savonne Caughey, OFS; various FSIS staff |
Tyson Foods;
USDA staff |
Labeling |
Richard Raymond, Under
Secretary |
May 5, 2008
Washington, DC |
|
Chris Waldrop, Consumer
Federation of America |
Food safety issues |
Richard Raymond, Under
Secretary; Scott Hurd, Deputy Under Secretary;
Alfred Almanza, Administrator;
Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator |
May 5, 2008
Washington, DC |
Savonne Caughey, OFS; various FSIS staff |
Safe Food Coalition
|
Monthly meeting on
various food safety issues |
Richard Raymond, Under
Secretary |
May 6, 2008
Washington, DC |
|
Dr. Karen Remley, Virginia
State Health Commissioner |
Conference call on
food safety and recall issues |
Scott Hurd, Deputy
Under Secretary |
May 6, 2008
Washington, DC |
|
Council for Agricultural
Science and Technology |
Food safety issues |
Richard Raymond, Under
Secretary |
May 7, 2008
Washington, DC |
|
Representatives of
the government of Korea;
various USDA staff |
Food safety issues |
Richard Raymond, Under
Secretary |
May 8, 2008
Washington, DC |
|
Representative of the
government of Mexico;
various USDA staff |
Food safety issues |
Richard Raymond, Under
Secretary;
Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator |
May 9, 2008
Washington, DC |
Savonne Caughey, OFS; various FSIS staff |
Tyson Foods |
Conference call on
labeling issues |
Richard Raymond, Under
Secretary |
May 12-13, 2008
Brussels, Belgium |
|
Representatives of U.S. and European Union;
USDA Secretary; various USDA staff; DG SANCO |
Food safety issues |
Richard Raymond,
Under Secretary |
May 14-15, 2008
Geneva, Switzerland |
|
Representatives of
various other foreign governments;
World Health Organization |
Codex Alimentarius |
Scott Hurd, Deputy
Under Secretary |
May 16, 2008
Washington, DC |
Various FSIS staff |
Representatives of
the government of Netherlands;
USDA Secretary; various USDA staff |
Food safety issues |
Scott Hurd, Deputy
Under Secretary |
May 19, 2008
Washington, DC |
|
Various industry representatives;
various USDA staff |
Livestock humane handling |
Richard Raymond,
Under Secretary |
May 20, 2008
Mayaguez, PR |
Savonne Caughey, OFS |
Meat and Poultry Foreign
Government Officials Workshop |
Presentation on food
safety |
Scott Hurd, Deputy
Under Secretary |
May 20-21, 2008
Atlanta, GA |
|
U.S. Poultry and Egg
Association |
Presentation on food
safety |
Scott Hurd, Deputy
Under Secretary |
May 22, 2008
Washington, DC |
|
International War College |
Presentation on food
safety |
Richard Raymond,
Under Secretary |
May 22, 2008
Washington, DC |
Savonne Caughey, OFS
|
Food Safety Research
Consortium (FSRC) event, Harnessing Knowledge to Ensure
Food Safety |
Presentation on food
safety |
Richard Raymond, Under
Secretary |
May 23, 2008
Washington, DC |
Savonne Caughey, OFS
|
Tyson Foods;
USDA staff |
Labeling |
Richard Raymond,
Under Secretary |
May 28, 2008
Washington, DC |
Savonne Caughey, OFS; OPPD staff |
American Meat Institute |
E. coli issues |
Richard Raymond,
Under Secretary |
May 30, 2008
Washington, DC |
|
Association of State
and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) Alumni Society |
ASTHO issues update |