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AFDO 111th Annual Educational Conference, San Antonio, TX - PRESENTATIONS

Note:  Only those presentations where permission to publish was grated are listed below.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2007

The Ins & Outs of Food Imports & Exports Workshop

8:15am - An Inside Look at Federal Import Strategies
Dennis Baker, Director, Southwest Region, Food & Drug, FDA [View Presentation]
Mary Stanley, Director, Import Inspection Division, USDA/FSIS/OIA [View Presentation]

9:00am - The Import Process
Julio Vila, Program Manager, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Laredo Office [View Presentation]

10:15am - An Inside Look at Federal and State Compliance Activities
Todd W Cato, Director of Compliance, Southwest Import District, FDA [View Presentation]
Tom Baker, Office of Smuggling, Interdiction, and Trade Compliance, USDA/APHIS [View Presentation]
J. Joseph Corby, Director, Food Safety, New York Department of Agriculture & Markets [View Presentation]

2:15pm - FDA/State Partnership Activities
J. Joseph Corby, Director, Food Safety, New York Department of Agriculture & Markets [View Presentation]
Robert (Bob) Deininger, Director, Southwest Import District, FDA [View Presentation]

3:15pm - Bioterrorism and Food Defense - Imported Foods
LeeAnne Jackson, Ph.D., Health Science Policy Advisor, Office of Food Defense, Communication & Emergency Response, FDA/CFSAN [View Presentation]

Drug & Device Imports, Exports & Counterfeits Workshop

3:45am - Border Issues and Statistics - Regulatory
Robert (Bob) Deininger, Director, Southwest Import District, FDA [View Presentation]

MONDAY, JUNE 18, 2007

Food Session

1:30pm - Meat on the Move
Mary Stanley, Director, Office of International Affairs, USDA/FSIS [View Presentation]

2:00pm - Ethnic Foods of Concern in the US Marketplace
Kimberly Livsey, Regional Retail food Specialist, FDA/ORA, Southeast Region [View Presentation]

2:50pm - Panel: Third Party Audits and Regulatory Inspections - What Does the Future Hold?
Kevin Buck, Managing Director, FPA SAFE [View Presentation]
Joseph Scimeca, Ph.D., Director, Corporate Regulatory Affairs, Corporate Food Safety & Regulatory Affairs, Cargill [
View Presentation]
Candace Jacobs, Ph.D., HEB Grocery [
View Presentation]

Drugs/Devices Session

1:30pm - Update from the FDA CDRH Ombudsman
Les Weinstein, Ombudsman, FDA/CDRH [View Presentation]

TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 2007

General Session

8:00am - Canadian Keynote
Debra Young, Associate Director General, Policy, Planning & International Affairs Directorate (PPIAD), Health Products and Food Branch, Health Canada [View Presentation]

8:30am - Mexican Keynote
Lic. Juan Antonio Garcia Villa, Federal Commissioner for Protection Against Sanitary Risk [View Presentation]

9:00am - Building Capacity and Readiness to Respond to Food and Agricultural Threats - FoodSHIELD, HSIN, InfraGard - How it all Fits
Shaun Kennedy, Deputy Director, National Center for Food Protection and Defense [View Presentation]

Food Session

10:00am - Cross-Border Issues Being Addressed by the Trilateral Cooperation [View Presentation]
Melinda K. Plaisier, Assistant Commissioner for International Programs, FDA [View Presentation]
Marcela Madrazo Reynoso, General Coordinator for the Mexican Sanitary System
Debra Young, Associate Director General, Policy, Planning and International Affairs Directorate (PPIAD), Health Canada

11:15am - Raw Milk - Legal Issues and Public Health Protection
Joyce Illiya, Assistant Attorney Gneral, State of Texas [View Presentation]

1:30pm - Beyond the Madness: An Integrated Approach to Protecting Animal, Public and Eco-System Health in a Global Threat Environment
Brian Evans, B.Sc., DVM, Chief Veterinary Officer,Canadian Food Inspection Agency [View Presentation]

3:00pm - Food Defense and Emergency Response at FSIS/USDA
Suzanne Rigby, Executive Associate of the Office of Food Defense and Emergency Response, USDA/FSIS [View Presentation]

3:30pm - Food Protection and Defense Strategies
David W.K. Acheson, M.D., Assistant Commissioner for Food Protection, FDA [View Presentation]

4:00pm - Global Counterfeit Food & Beverage Packaging - Impacts on Food Safety
John Spink, Instructor and Director, Anti-Counterfeit Work Group (ACWG), MSU National Food Safety & Toxicology Center [View Presentation]

4:30pm - Options for Controlling Foodborne Transmission of Norovirus at Retail and Foodservice
David W.K. Acheson, M.D., Assistant Commissioner for Food Protection, FDA [View Presentation]

Drugs/Devices Session

3:00pm - Designing an Effective Product Surveillance System
Nancy Singer, President, Compliance-Alliance, LLC
Richard DeRisio, Vice President, Quality Assurance & Regulatory Affairs, Kinetic Concepts, Inc. [View Presentation]

4:00pm - An Inside Look at Federal Import Strategies
Dennis E. Baker, Director, Southwest Region, Food and Drug, FDA [View Presentation]

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2007

General Session

8:30am - Regulatory Third Party Audits [View Presentation]
Nancy Culotta, MPH, Vice President, Retail Food Safety, NSF International
Ernie Julian, Chief, Office of Food Protection, Rhode Island Department of Health

10:30am - Multi-State Food & Agriculture Truck Transportation Project
Gerald Wojtala, Deputy Director, Food & Dairy Division, Michigan Department of Agriculture [View Presentation]

 

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