Agenda

  

Tuesday November 8, 2011

7:30 am   Registration & Refreshments - Exhibits Open
Two $50 cash drawings at 8:00 am

8:30 am   Welcome

8:40 am   General Session I

Implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act - An FDA Update                                   

Barbara Cassens, FDA District Director, San Francisco, CA 

9:45  am   Break in Exhibit Hall

10:05 am  Workshops I (Repeated 11:00 am)

• Introduction to Food Microbiology

Mark Daeschel, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

• Basics of Cleaning
  Don Jones, Aqua Phoenix, Hanover, PA

• Produce Safety – Packing and Transport
  Trevor Suslow, University of California, Davis, CA

• Survival and Stress Response of E.coli Exposed to Alkaline Cleaners
  Manan Sharma, USDA/ARS, Beltsville, MD

• Water and Energy Conservation in Sanitation
  Ron Shepard, Shepard Brothers, Inc., La Habra, CA

• Introduction to Food Microbiology (presented in Spanish @ 10:05)
  Nina Parkinson, NGP Consulting, Brentwood, CA

• Introduction to HACCP (presented in Spanish @ 11:00)
  Nina Parkinson, NGP Consulting, Brentwood, CA
  
  

12:00 pm   Lunch -Exhibits Open
Cougar Gold Cheese Drawing
1:15 pm   General Session II 

Educating and Training the Mature Workforce
Robert Gravani, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 

2:30 pm Break in the Exhibit Hall

2:50 pm  Workshops II (Repeated again 3:45 pm)

• Choosing an Effective Sanitizer

Doug Schultz, BHS Marketing

• Introduction to HACCP

Nina Parkinson, NGP Consultring, Brentwood, CA

• Risk Assessment and Validation

Karen Killinger, Washington State University, Pullman, WA

• Effective Allergen Control Program

Joseph Baumert, FARRP, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE

• Update – Fish & Fishery Products Hazards and Controls Guide

Debra DeVlieger, FDA-Division of Field Investigations, Rockville, MD

• Basics of Cleaning and Sanitizing (presented in Spanish 2:50 pm)
  Roberto Flores, DeLaval Cleaning Solutions
  
• Safety for the Sanitation Worker (presented in Spanish 3:45 pm)
  Roberto Flores, DeLaval Cleaning Solutions
  

Cougar Gold Cheese Drawing

5:00 - 6:30 pm Reception in Exhibit Hall

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

 7:30 am   Registration & Refreshments - Exhibits Open
Two $100 cash drawings at 8:00 am

8:30 am General Session III

Preparing for Audits and Inspections

Richard Dougherty, Washington State University, Pullman, WA

 

9:40 am   Break

10:00 am Workshops III (Repeated again at 10:55 am)

• Impact of Food Safety Modernization Act on Operations – Panel Discussion

Jim Robbins, Wm. Bolthouse Farms

Duane Evans, J. R. Simplot

John Lin, Pacific Seafood Group

• Dialog With the Regional Regulators

Bob Armstrong, Washington State Department of Agriculture

Dawn Smith, Oregon Department of Agriculture

Patrick Guzzle, Idaho Department of Health

Joseph Graham, Washington State Department of Health

Alan Bennett, FDA, Seattle

• Emerging and Invading Pathogens

Karen Killinger, Washington State University, Pullman, WA

• Safety for the Sanitation Worker

Roberto Flores, DeLaval Cleaning Solutions

 

12:00 pm   Lunch
Cougar Gold Cheese Drawing

 1:15 pm   General Session IV

Innovations in Food Plant Sanitation

Stephanie Lopez, AIB, Manhattan, KS

 

2:30 pm.Drawing

2:35 pm Adjourn