Meat Industry Food Safety Conference

Wednesday, August 16, 2023
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM	Pre-Conference District Meeting Happy Hour Crystal Peak C

Thursday, August 17, 2023
7:00 AM - 4:00 PM	Registration Foyer
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	Breakfast Crystal Peak A&B
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM	Welcome & Opening Remarks Capital Peak Ballroom
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM	General Session: Regulatory Update with FSIS Leadership Capital Peak Ballroom Emilio Esteban - USDA Office of Food Safety
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM	Break Foyer
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM	General Session: Total Quality Management - Overview & Successes Capital Peak Ballroom Jennifer Williams - Tyson Foods
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM	General Session: Legislative Update - Farm Bill 101 Capital Peak Ballroom Anne Macmillan - Invariant
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM	Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM	General Session: Salmonella in Poultry - History, Overview, and Future Considerations Capital Peak Ballroom Mark Dopp - North American Meat Institute Jessie L. Vipham - Kansas State University
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM	Break
2:45 PM - 5:00 PM	Concurrent Session: Pork Safety Break-Out - Salmonella Risk Assessment & Lymph Node Research Crystal Peak C Craig Hedberg - University of Minnesota, School of Public Health Sara Gragg - Kansas State University Hedberg NAMI Pork Safety Salmonella Outbreaks and Risk Assessments.pdf	Concurrent Session: Beef Safety Break-Out - Salmonella Risk Assessment & Lymph Node Research Capital Peak Ballroom Francisco Zagmutt - EpiX Analytics Bing Wang - University of Nebraska-Lincoln Craig Hedberg - University of Minnesota, School of Public Health Jane Pouzou - EpiX Analytics Hedberg NAMI Gound Beef Safety Salmonella Outbreaks and Risk Assessments.pdf NAMI_LNinBeef_BingWang_v3.pdf
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM	Welcome Reception Crystal Peak A&B

Friday, August 18, 2023
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM	Breakfast Crystal Peak A&B
7:00 AM - 3:00 PM	Registration
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	General Session: Controlling the Plant Environment: Monitoring and Sanitation Capital Peak Ballroom Kari Spivey - JBS USA Darin Zehr - Commercial Food Sanitation Martin Wiedmann - Cornell University
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM	Break
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM	Concurrent Session: Traceability Break-Out - Product Safety & Label Verification Capital Peak Ballroom Douglas Marshall - Eurofins Microbiology Laboratories Inc.	Concurrent Session: Processed Meat Break-Out - FSIS Ready-to-Eat Fermented, Salt-Cured, and Dried Products Guideline Deep Dive Crystal Peak C Jeremiah Johnson - Hormel Foods Corporation KatieRose McCullough - Meat Institute
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM	Break
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM	Concurrent Session: Irradiation Break-Out - Mythbusting Irradiation Crystal Peak C Suresh Pillai - Texas A&M University	Concurrent Session: Foreign Material Break-Out - Incident Learnings & Prerequisite Programs Capital Peak Ballroom Zach Cameron - Tyson Foods Sherri Trujillo - JBS
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM	Lunch Crystal Peak A&B
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM	General Session: Non-Traditional Food Safety Interventions Capital Peak Ballroom Brenden McCullough - National Beef Packing Marie Culhane - University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine Karen Froebel - National Turkey Federation
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	General Session: Navigating a Food Safety Assessment - Purpose, Data Collection, and Considerations Capital Peak Ballroom Kristin Lindahl - Cargill Philip Bronstein - OSI Group

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