Product Tracing Systems for Fresh Produce - Public Meeting Agenda from Oct. 16

8:30 – 9:00	Registration
9:00 – 9:10	Welcome/Opening Remarks/Overview Stephen Sundlof, D.V.M., PhD., Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), FDA
9:10 – 9:20	FDA Product Tracing David Acheson, M.D., F.R.C.P., Associate Commissioner for Foods, FDA
9:20 – 9:55	FDA Product Tracing Challenges and Successes Ellen Morrison, Director, Office of Crisis Management, FDA Sherri McGarry, Center Emergency Coordinator, OFDCER, CFSAN, FDA
9:55 - 10:10	State Perspective Joanne M. Brown, DVM, MS, DACVPM, Deputy Commissioner, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
10:10 – 10:25	Questions from FDA Panel and the Public
10:25 – 10:40	Break
10:40 - 11:00	Specific Industry Initiatives Kathy Means, Produce Marketing Association
11:00 – 11:15	Industry Perspective from Farm to Fork; Grower/Packers and Processor/Shipper/Repacker Robert Guenther, Senior Vice President for Public Policy, United Fresh Produce Association
11:15 – 11:30	Industry Perspective from Farm to Fork; Retail/Foodservice Jeffrey Barach, PhD, Vice President Science Policy, Grocery Manufacturers Association
11:30 – 11:45	Questions from FDA Panel and the Public
11:45 – Noon	Public Comment Stacey Satterlee, Western Growers, Washington, DC Charlotte Walker, Infratab, Inc., Oxnard, CA
Noon – 1:15	Lunch
1:15 – 1:35	International Standards Dr. Wolf Maier, Counselor- Food Safety, Health and Consumer Affairs, Delegation of the European Commission
1:35 – 1:50	Challenges to Tracing Commingled Fresh Produce Reginald Brown, Florida Tomato Exchange
1:50 – 2:05	Consumer Perspective David Plunkett J.D., J.M. Senior Staff Attorney, Food Safety Program, Center for Science in the Public Interest
2:05 – 2:20	Small Business perspective John McClung, President, Texas Produce Association
2:20 - 2:34	Questions from FDA Panel and the Public
2:35 – 2:50	Break
2:50	Public Comment
4:30	Wrap-up/Adjourn Stephen Sundlof, D.V.M., PhD., Director, CFSAN, FDA

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Moderator:

Stephen Sundlof, D.V.M., PhD., Director, CFSAN, FDA

FDA Panel:

David Acheson, M.D., F.R.C.P., Associate Commissioner for Foods, FDA
Samir Assar, Ph.D., Science Policy Analyst, Office of Food Safety, CFSAN, FDA
Sherri, McGarry, Center Emergency Coordinator, OFDCER, CFSAN, FDA
Ellen Morrison, Director, Office of Crisis Management, FDA
Jeffrey Shuren, M.D., J.D., Associate Commissioner for Policy and Planning, FDA
Steven Solomon, D.V.M., M.P.H., Deputy Associate Commissioner for Compliance Policy, FDA

List of Persons Providing Public Comment:

Stacey Satterlee, Western Growers, Washington, DC
Charlotte Walker, Infratab, Inc., Oxnard, CA
William Pape, TraceGaines, Inc., Longmont, CO
Greg Drouillard and Henry Affeldt, Sunkist Growers, Inc., Peachtree City, GA
Russell Laird, Agricultural and Food Transporters Conference, American Trucking Association, Arlington, VA
John Granich, Del Rey Systems and Technology, Inc., San Diego, CA
Patty Lovera, Food and Water Watch, Washington, DC
Bryant Ambelang, Desert Glory, San Antonio, TX
Joseph Farmer, TraceProduce.com, Nyssa, OR