Office of Food Safety/FSIS Officials' Calendar of Meetings, March 2006

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

OFS/FSIS Official and Title	Date & Site	Other FSIS/OFS Participants	Non-FSIS/OFS Participants	Subject
Officials' Calendar of Meetings, March 2006
Barbara Masters, Administrator	Mar 1, 2006 Washington, DC	Dani Schor, OA	Phil Givens Company; IDEX Corporation	Request for outreach and recruitment visit to Oklahoma
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Mar 2, 2006 Washington, DC	Bryce Quick, OA Michael Steele, OFS	National Chicken Council; National Turkey Federation	Salmonella
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Mar 2, 2006 Washington, DC	Steven Cohen, OPAEO Michael Steele, OFS	New York Times	Salmonella
Barbara Masters, Administrator	Mar 3, 2006 San Francisco, CA		National Meat Association Annual Convention	Presentation to Board of Directors
Barbara Masters Administrator	Mar 3, 2006 San Francisco, CA	Various FSIS Staff	National Meat Association Annual Convention	Roundtable presentation
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Mar 3, 2006 Conference Call	Michael Steele, OFS	Safe Food Coalition	Cooking temperature for poultry
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary Curt Mann, Deputy Under Secretary Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Mar 3, 2006 Washington, DC	DaNita Murray and Michael Steele, OFS Dan Engeljohn, OPPED Terri Nintemann, OPAEO	Food Safety Partnership	Cooking temperature for poultry
Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Mar 4, 2006 San Francisco, CA		American Meat Science Association	Presentation
Barbara Masters, Administrator	Mar 6, 2006 Conference Call	Dani Schor, OA	Office of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Ohio State University	Veterinarians in public practice
Curt Mann, Deputy Under Secretary	Mar 6, 2006 Washington, DC	Various USDA Staff	Humane Society of the United States	Horse slaughter; downed animals; humane transport
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Mar 8, 2006 Washington, DC		Nebraska Minority Health Association	Courtesy visit
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary Curt Mann, Deputy Under Secretary Barbara Masters, Administrator Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Mar 9, 2006 Washington, DC	Dani Schor, OA DaNita Murray, OFS	Cooperating for Food Safety	Update on Cooperating for Food Safety projects
Barbara Masters, Administrator	Mar 9, 2006 Washington, DC	Corinne Calhoun, OPAEO	Food Safety World Conference and Expo	Presentation
Barbara Masters, Administrator	Mar 10, 2006 Washington, DC		Southwest Meat Association	General food safety
Barbara Masters, Administrator	Mar 10, 2006 Washington, DC	Phil Derfler, OPPED	Campbell Soup Co.	Product development
Barbara Masters, Administrator	Mar 10, 2006 Washington, DC	Ron Hicks, OA	Olsson, Frank and Weeda	FSIS Salmonella initiative
Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Mar 10, 2006 Washington, DC		Olsson, Frank and Weeda	Small and very small plant outreach
Barbara Masters, Administrator	Mar 13, 2006 Washington, DC	Dani Schor, OA	College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Public Health, University of MN	Veterinarians in public practice
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Mar 13, 2006 Augusta, Maine	Michael Steele, OFS	Maine Center for Public Health	Courtesy visit
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Mar 14, 2006 Augusta, Maine	Michael Steele, OFS	Maine Center for Public Health	Public health infrastructure
Curt Mann, Deputy Under Secretary	Mar 14, 2006 Washington, DC	DaNita Murray, OFS	Texas A&M	Courtesy visit
Barbara Masters, Administrator Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Mar 14, 2006 Washington, DC	Dani Schor, OA	Texas A&M	Small and very small plant outreach; training
Barbara Masters Administrator	Mar 14, 2006 Washington, DC		National Association of Federal Veterinarians	Courtesy visit
Barbara Masters, Administrator Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Mar 16, 2006 Washington, DC	Ron Hicks, OA Phil Derfler, OPPED	Maple Leaf Farms	Salmonella recall
Barbara Masters, Administrator	Mar 16, 2006 Washington, DC	Karen Stuck, OIA	United Egg Producers	Presentation
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary Curt Mann, Deputy Under Secretary Barbara Masters, Administrator	Mar 16, 2006 Washington, DC	DaNita Murray, OFS	Cargill Inc.	Avian influenza
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Mar 16, 2006 Washington, DC	Michael Steele, OFS	Anitox	Clean feed solutions
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Mar 16, 2006 Washington, DC		C.W. McMillan Co.	Codex Alimentarius Commission
Richard Raymond Under Secretary Curt Mann Deputy Under Secretary	Mar 16, 2006 Washington, DC		Ag Day Luncheon
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary Barbara Masters Administrator	Mar 17, 2006 Washington, DC	Michael Steele, OFS	Altria	Courtesy visit
Barbara Masters, Administrator Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Mar 20, 2006 Washington, DC	Various FSIS Staff	Representatives of various industry groups	Monthly meeting on various food safety topics
Barbara Masters Administrator Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Mar 20, 2006 Washington, DC	Various FSIS Staff	Representatives of various consumer groups	Monthly meeting on various food safety topics
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary Curt Mann, Deputy Under Secretary Barbara Masters, Administrator Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Mar 20, 2006 Washington, DC	Michael Steele and DaNita Murray, OFS	Representatives of various consumer groups	Monthly meeting on various food safety topics
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary Curt Mann, Deputy Under Secretary Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Mar 22, 2006 Washington, DC	Michael Steele and DaNita Murray, OFS	American Association of Meat Processors	Inspection overtime
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary	Mar 22, 2006 Washington, DC	Various Department Employees	National Chicken Council	Avian influenza
Barbara Masters, Administrator	Mar 24, 2006 Chicago, IL		National Association of Meat Processors	Presentation
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary Curt Mann, Deputy Under Secretary Barbara Masters, Administrator Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Mar 30, 2006 Washington, DC	Mary Stanley, OIA; Michael Steele and DaNita Murray, OFS	Lesher & Russell	Beef exports
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary Curt Mann, Deputy Under Secretary Barbara Masters, Administrator Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Mar 30, 2006 Washington, DC	Michael Steele and DaNita Murray, OFS Michael Steele, OFS	National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA)	NCBA food safety activities
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary Curt Mann, Deputy Under Secretary Barbara Masters, Administrator Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator	Mar 31, 2006 Washington, DC		National Chicken Council, U.S. Poultry & Egg Assoc., National Turkey Federation	Avian Influenza

Abbreviations:

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

Last Modified: May 1, 2006