Office of Food Safety/FSIS Officials' Calendar of Meetings, July 2008

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, July 2008
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Jul 7-9, 2008 Omaha, NE	OPACE	Secretary of Agriculture; various USDA staff	Plant visits
Scott Hurd, Deputy Under Secretary; Alfred Almanza, Administrator	Jul 8, 2008 Washington, DC		National Turkey Federation; various USDA officials	Annual reception
Al Almanza, Administrator Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Jul 8, 2008 Washington, DC		National Turkey Federation	Courtesy visit; general food safety
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary; Scott Hurd, Deputy Under Secretary; Alfred Almanza, Administrator	Jul 10, 2008 Washington, DC	Savonne Caughey, OFS; OA; OPPD; OPACE	National Association of State Departments of Agriculture	Farm Bill implementation
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Jul 11, 2008 Washington, DC	Savonne Caughey, OFS	Representative of the government of Chile; various USDA officials	Poultry issues and other food safety issues
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Jul 14-17, 2008 The Hague, Netherlands	Savonne Caughey, OFS; OIA	Representatives of the Netherlands government; USDA Foreign Agricultural Service	Food safety and equivalence issues and plant/farm tour
Al Almanza, Administrator	Jul 17-19, 2008 Scottsdale, AZ		Southwest Meats Association	Presentation
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary; Scott Hurd, Deputy Under Secretary; Alfred Almanza, Administrator	Jul 22, 2008 Washington, DC	Savonne Caughey, OFS; various FSIS staff	Safe Food Coalition	Monthly meeting on various food safety issues
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Jul 22, 2008 Washington, DC	Savonne Caughey, OFS	Bill McMillan	Codex Alimentarius issues
Al Almanza, Administrator Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Jul 22, 2008 Washington, DC		Grocery Meat Association	Courtesy visit; general food safety; regulatory issues
Scott Hurd, Deputy Under Secretary	Jul 22-23, 2008 New Orleans, LA	OPACE	American Veterinary Medical Association Annual Convention	Food safety presentation
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary; Alfred Almanza, Administrator; Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Jul 23, 2008 Washington, DC	Savonne Caughey, OFS; various FSIS staff	Public Event	American Meat Institute’s Annual Hot Dog Lunch
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Jul 28, 2008 Washington, DC		Russell Schneider, Monsanto	Lunch
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Jul 29, 2008 Washington, DC	OFO; OPPD; OIA	Daily’s Premium Meats	Export certification issues
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Jul 29, 2008 Washington, DC		Representative of the government of Brazil; various USDA officials	Food safety issues

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
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
OOEET—Office of Outreach, Employee Education and Training

Last Modified: September 23, 2008