Agenda for National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection October 12-13, 2006

United States Department of Agriculture

National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection

USDA, South Building Cafeteria Conference Room
1400 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20250

Thursday, October 12, 2006
8:30	Welcome	Dr. Richard Raymond Under Secretary for Food Safety
8:45	Opening Remarks	Dr. Barbara Masters Administrator Food Safety and Inspection Service
9:00	Charge of the Committee	Mr. Robert Tynan Deputy Assistant Administrator Office of Public Affairs Education and Outreach
9:15	Updates on Issues from Previous Meetings and Briefing Papers Strategic Implementation Plan for Enhancing Outreach to Small and Very Small Plants Working Together To Protect Public Health: The Public Health Communications Infrastructure Update on State Reviews Update on the Harvard Risk Assessment of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Technical Meeting, July 25, 2006 Update on Avian influenza Update on National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods Legislative Update for Fiscal Year 2007
9:45	BREAK
10:15	Issue
	Using Risk to Direct In-Plant Inspection Activities in Processing Assignments and Off-Line Slaughter Inspection Activities	Mr. Bobby Palesano Deputy Executive Associate Program Development Office of Policy, Program & Employee Development
11:30	LUNCH
12:30	Reconvene	Mr. Robert Tynan Deputy Assistant Administrator Office of Public Affairs Education and Outreach
12:45	Issue
	Using Risk in Slaughter Operations	Mr. Phil Derfler Assistant Administrator Office of Policy, Program and Employee Development
2:00	Public Comment and Adjourn	Dr. Barbara Masters Administrator Food Safety and Inspection Service
2:45	Subcommittee Deliberations
	Sub-Committee Number 1	Conference Room 0161 - South Building
	Using Risk to Direct In-Plant Processing and Off-Line Slaughter Inspection Activities Dr. Andrea Grondahl, Chairperson
	Sub-Committee Number 2	Conference Room 1160 - South Building
	Using Risk in Slaughter Operations Dr. James Denton, Chairperson

Friday, October 13, 2006 USDA South Cafeteria - Conference Room
8:30	Recap	Dr. Barbara Masters Administrator Food Safety and Inspection Service
8:45	Sub-Committee Number 1 Briefing on Thursday’s session
9:45	BREAK
10:15	Sub-Committee Number 2 Briefing on Thursday’s session
11:15	Public Comment, Wrap Up and Adjourn	Dr. Barbara Masters Administrator Food Safety and Inspection Service


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