Office of Food Safety/FSIS Officials' Calendar of Meetings

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.

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OFS/FSIS Official and Title	Date & Site	Other FSIS/OFS Participants	Non-FSIS/OFS Participants	Subject
Officials' Calendar of Meetings through May 31, 2008
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

Abbreviations:

OA—Office of the Administrator
OFDER—Office of Food Defense and Emergency Response
OFO—Office of Field Operations
OFS—Office of Food Safety, USDA
OIA—Office of International Affairs
OM—Office of Management
OPAEO—Office of Public Affairs, Education and Outreach
OPACE—Office of Public Affairs and Consumer Education
OPEER—Office of Program Evaluation, Enforcement and Review
OPHS—Office of Public Health Science
OPPD—Office of Policy and Program Development

Last Modified: June 16, 2008