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This multi-disciplinary meeting included various response partners from human and animal food regulatory/environmental health, epidemiology, laboratory, academia, Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), FDA, CDC, USDA/APHIS, and USDA/FSIS. A total of 562 people attended the 2020 RRT C2C meeting, with 56% of attendees coming from state and local agencies and 43% of attendees from federal agencies.
The 2020 Annual Rapid Response Teams (RRT) Computer-to-Computer/Sea-to-Sea (C2C) meeting was held December 1-3, 2020 via the Pathable virtual meeting platform. This was the 12th annual RRT F2F meeting; it included 24 RRT states (18 funded, 6 unfunded/voluntary) and 15 FDA Districts (representing all 12 Human and Animal Food Divisions), as well as the Division of Southwest Imports.
The theme for the meeting was ‘Sailing into a new decade of human and animal food rapid response excellence.’ In addition to panel presentations and lecture-based sessions, the meeting also featured a poster session (23 posters) and a ‘Speed Dating’ session (15 tables).
Top-rated presentations during meeting included panels on:
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Development of an Improved Method of Sample Extraction and Quantitation of Multi-Mycotoxin in Feed by LC-MS/MS (view poster).
Sal-melon-ella Response (view poster).
An Outbreak of E. coli O103 Traced to Sprouts; Implications for the FSMA Produce Safety Rule (view poster).
E. coli O157 Outbreak Associated with Pre-Packaged Romaine Salad Bowls – Maryland 2019 (view poster).
Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development: Regulating and Responding—Special Coronavirus Edition (view poster).
Shopper Cards and Beyond – Success Stories of Using Consumer Purchase Data to Solve Outbreaks (view poster).
Virtual Inspections and Outreach in Response to COVID-19: Ensuring Food Safety When You Can’t Be There in Person (view poster).
The Revolution will not be Re-labeled? The Public Health Implications of Social Media (view poster).
Results of the FY19 and FY20 FSIS Surveys of Foodborne Illness Outbreak Investigation Partners – Improving Collaborative Response (view poster).
Keeping the RRT “Fresh”: Lessons Learned on RRT Membership a Decade Post-Establishment (view poster).
Leveraging Food Protection Task Forces During a Food Related Incident, A case study of E. coli O157:H7 in romaine lettuce – November 2019 (view poster).
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