9:00 – 9:15 |
Welcome and Introductions |
Commissioner Steve Troxler |
9:15 – 9:45 |
Food Protection Plan |
Dr. David Acheson, Assistant Commissioner of Food Protection, Food and Drug Administration |
9:45 – 10:15 |
Consumer Confidence in Food Safety |
Shaun Kennedy, Director, Center for Food Safety and Defense |
10:15 – 10:35 |
Keeping NC Produce Safe: Update on NC Fresh Produce Safety Task Force |
Debbie Hamrick, Director of Specialty Crops, Farm Bureau |
10:35 – 10:45 |
BREAK |
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10:45 – 11:05 |
Protecting North Carolina’s #1 Industry – Responding to Foreign Animal Diseases |
Sharron Stewart, Director, and Dr. Jimmy Tickel, Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostician, Emergency Programs Division, NCDA&CS |
11:05 – 11:25 |
Farm to School Program |
Gary Gay, Director of Food Distribution, NCDA&CS |
11:25 – 12:00 |
Building a Holistic Food Safety Program |
Commissioner Steve Troxler |
12:00 – 1:00 |
LUNCH |
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1:00 – 1:20 |
Using Innovative Technology in the Sweet Potato Industry |
Grant Smith, Plant Manager, Yamco LLC |
1:20 – 1:40 |
Fresh Produce Traceability Initiative |
Jim Corby, Vice-President of Produce, Food Lion |
1:40 – 2:00 |
Recall Initiatives by Retailers |
Brenda Bacon, Director of Quality Assurance , Harris Teeter |
2:00 – 2:30 |
Recognition of Congressional Delegation |
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