2018 Governmental Food and Feed Laboratory
Accreditation Meeting Presentations

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Tuesday, January 30, 2018

8:15 am - 9:00 am

News from FDA – Current Trends and Initiatives

• Alan Tart, Acting Director, Office of Partnerships, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
• Joann Givens, Program Director, Office of Human and Animal Food Operations– West, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
• Vinetta Howard-King, Acting Program Director, Office of Human and Animal Food Operations – East, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

9:00 am - 9:30 am​

Training Updates & Preventive Controls Regulator Training Roll-Out

• Patricia Alcock, Director, Office of Training, Education, and Development, U.S. Food and Drug Administration 

9:30 am - 10:00 am

Sampling Best Practices for Regulatory Programs and Laboratories​

• Jim Melvin, Project Consultant, Association of Food and Drug Officials
• Nancy Thiex, Consultant, The Association of American Feed Controls Officials 

10:30 am - 11:45 am

Using Technology to Enhance Surveillance and Response 

• Summer Williams, Environmental Consultant, Division of Food Safety Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
• Patty Lewandowski, Bureau Chief, Division of Food Safety - Food Laboratories, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
• Jamie DeMent, Program Manager, Food and Waterborne Diseases, Florida Department of Health 

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm 

Office of Partnerships Update—Laboratory Flexible Funding Model and Program Updates 

• Erin Woodom-Coleman, Emergency Response Coordinator, Office of Partnerships, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
• Terri McConnell, Commander, U.S. Public Health Service, Office of Regulatory Affairs, Office of Regulatory Science, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
• Ruiqing Pamboukian, Commander, U.S. Public Health Service, Office of Regulatory Affairs, Office of Regulatory Science, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm 

Review of Changes to the ISO/IEC 17025 

• Roger Brauninger, Biosafety Program Manager, A2LA

 4:15 pm - 5:00 pm

Laboratory Topics of Importance in the Accreditation Era

• Keith Wegner, Laboratory Services Section Chief, Biochemistry Laboratory, Colorado Department of Agriculture 
• Brenda Jackson, Interim Laboratory Manager, Food and Drug Protection Division, North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 
• Bryanne Shaw, Biology Section Manager, Laboratory Services Division, Minnesota Department of Agriculture 
• Kristen Durie, Chemistry Quality Assurance Officer, Division of Food Laboratory, New York Department of Agriculture and Markets

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Wednesday, January 31, 2018

8:00 am - 8:45 am

Building Food Safety Programs with Support of the Standards

• Phillip Fruechting, Environmental Health Supervisor, Food Protection Program, Arkansas Department of Health
• Michelle Motsinger, Consumer Safety Officer, Divisions of Standards Implementation, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
• Jon Strauss, Manufactured Food Safety Program Coordinator, Division of Environmental Health & Sustainability, Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment 

8:45 am - 9:15 am

What's After Conformance 

• Clint Priestly, Auditor, Office of Human and Animal Food Operations, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
• Natalie Adan, Director,  Food Safety Division, Georgia Department of Agriculture 

9:15 am - 10:00 am

Workplanning - A Nationally Coordinated Effort 

• Clint Priestly, Auditor, Office of Human and Animal Food Operations, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
• Skya Murphy, Program and Policy Analyst-Adv/MFRPS Coordinator, Food and Recreational Safety, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture Trade & Consumer Protection 
• Joann Givens, Program Director, Office of Human and Animal Food Operations– West, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

10:30 am - 11:15 pm 

Outreach to Commodities with Emerging Risk ​

• Jane Reick, Unit Chief, Food Safety Inspection Unit, California Department of Public Health 
• Diane Gubernot, Team Lead, Post Response, CORE, U.S. Food and Drug Administration 
• John Luker, Assistant Director, Division of Food Safety & Inspection, New York Department of Agriculture & Markets

11:15 am - 11:45 am

National Curriculum Standards Update

• David Read, Senior Advisor, International Food Protection Training Institute
• Shari Shea, Director, Food Safety Program, Association of Public Health Laboratories 

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm 

Risk Management 

• William Hirt, ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board/ANAB

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm 

Data Acceptance Session-a panel discussion

• Kathryn Wangsness, Arizona State Public Health Laboratory 
• Dan Rice, Office of Food and Feed Laboratory Operations, Office of Regulatory Affairs, Office of Regulatory Science, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
• Karen Stephani, Division of Food Laboratory, New York Department of Agriculture & Markets
• Jeff Ward, Office of Foods and Veterinary Medicine, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
• Sunee Himathongkham, Office of Foods and Veterinary Medicine, U. S. Food and Drug Administration

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Thursday, February 1, 2018

7:00 am - 8:00 am 

Sunrise Session with Centers For Produce Safety 

• Dr. Amir Assar, Director of the Division of Produce Safety, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
• Dr. Jodi Williams, National Program Leader, US Department of Agriculture in the National Institute of Food and Agriculture
• Ellen Johnsen, Program Coordinator I, Food Science and Human Nutrition, Iowa State University
• Joe Hannan, Commercial Horticulture Field Specialist, Iowa State University
• Chris Callahan, Assistant Extension Professor of Agricultural Engineering, The University of Vermont
• Travis Chapin, State Specialized Extension Agent, Food Safety University of Florida IFAS Extension Citrus Research and Education Center
• Prof. Robert McGorrin,  Director – Western Regional Center to Enhance Food Safety,
  Oregon State University
• Barbara Patterson, Director of Government Relations, National Farmers Union

8:15 am - 9:00 am 

Crosswalk Between the Standards 

• Kimberly Stryker, Program Manager, Food Safety and Sanitation Program, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation 
• Julie Loera, Food Safety Officer, Consumer Protection Division, Texas Department of State Health Services

9:00 am - 9:30 am 

An Organized Approach to Updating the Standards 

• Ben Miller, MFRPA Chair, Division Director, Food and Feed Safety Division, Minnesota Department of Agriculture 
• Patrick Kennelly, Program Director, Association of Food and Drug Officials 

9:30 am - 10:15 am 

Challenges with Maintaining and Exceeding Conformance

• Steve Moris, Manager, Division of Food, Safety, and Lodging, Kansas Department of Agriculture 
  
• Pamela Miles, AFDO President, Program Supervisor, Animal & Food Industry Services - Food Safety Program, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
  
• Julie Loera, Food Safety Officer, Consumer Protection Division, Texas Department of State Health Services
  
• Shanna Lively,  Food Administrator, Consumer and Industry Services, Tennessee Department of Agriculture 
  
• Sally Flowers, Laboratory Administrator, Agriculture Laboratories Division, Nebraska Department of Agriculture 
  

10:45 am - 11:15 am 

State of the States - Conformance Overview and Audits After Conformance 

• Clint Priestly, Auditor, Office of Human and Animal Food Operations, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

 11:15 am - 11:30 am 

Recognition of Conformant States

• Alan Tart, Acting Director, Office of Partnerships, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  

11:30 am - 12:00 pm 

Looking to the Future - Closing Remarks

• Alan Tart, Acting Director, Office of Partnerships, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
• Matt Colson, MFRPA Vice-Chair, Bureau Chief, Division of Food Safety, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

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