Association of Food and Drug Officials

Association of Food and Drug Officials

Many perspectives, one voice, since 1896.

Afternoon Sessions

June 11, 2023 @ 4:30 pm

6:00 pm

2023 AEC Session Description

Opening Remarks 

Speaker:
  • Steven Mandernach, Executive Director, Association of Food and Drug Officials  

Welcome from CASA 

Speaker:
  • Erik Bungo, Produce Safety Program Supervisor, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and CASA Representative to the AFDO Board of Directors

Welcome from Virginia

Speaker:
  • Joseph Guthrie, Commissioner, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

IFPTI: Cohort XI Graduation Ceremony

Speaker:
  • Gerald Wojtala, Executive Director, International Food Protection Training Institute (IFPTI) 

Endowment Foundation Address

Speaker:

President’s Address

Speaker:
  • Elisabeth Wirsing, Sr. Environmental Health Program Manager, Division of Environmental Health, Vermont Department of Health

Glenn W. Kilpatrick Memorial Conversation on Food Safety Leadership

Moderator:
  • Joseph Corby, Senior Board Advisor, Association of Food and Drug Officials
Speakers:
  • Stephen Ostroff, M.D., Ostroff Consulting, LLC
  • Michael R. Taylor, Board Member Emeritus, Stop Food Illness

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The Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) is a regulatory organization that connects food and medical-products safety stakeholders and impacts the regulatory environment by shaping sound, science-based rules, law, regulations, and sharing best practices that protect public health.