AFDO Educational Conference presentations
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
Houston, Texas
Food Sessions
8:15 am – 9:00 am
US-EU Mutual Recognition Agreement
Presenter
- Alonza Cruse, Director, Office of Pharmaceutical Quality Operations
9:00 am – 10:00 am
Flint Water Crisis – Lessons Learned
Presenter
- Sandra Walker, Food Program Manager, Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development
10:30 am – 11:15 am
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition Update
Presenter
- Ted Elkin, Deputy Director for Regulatory Affairs, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
10:30 am – 11:15 am
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition Update
Presenter
- Ted Elkin, Deputy Director for Regulatory Affairs, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
11:15 am – 12:00 pm
Emerging Issues with Shellfish
Presenter
- Ken B. Moore, Executive Director, Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference (ISSC)
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Disaster Response and Lessons Learned
Presenters
- Carrie Rigdon, PhD, Response Training and Outreach Supervisor, Minnesota Department of Agriculture
- Lane Drager, Consumer Protection Program Coordinator, Boulder county Public Health
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Using Social Media to Improve Foodborne Illness Reporting
Moderator
- Tara Paster, CEO & President of Paster Training, Inc
Panelists
- Dr. Jenine Harris, Associate Professor, Washington University in St Louis
- Candace DaSilva, Food Establishment Inspector, City of St. Louis Department of Health
- Kara Sewalk, Program Coordinator, HealthMap, Boston Children’s Hospital
3:30 pm – 4:15 pm
When the Government Comes Knocking: How Pathogens in your Plant Can Lead to Criminal Charges
Presenter
- Shawn Stevens, Attorney, Food Industry Counsel LLC
4:15 pm – 5:30 pm
Tools for State Programs Facing Raw Milk Legislation
The Scope and Trends of Raw Milk in the US & Illness Data
Presenter
- Doug Farquhar, J.D., Program Director for Environmental Health, National Conference of State Legislatures
Why Raw Milk?
Presenter
- Mary McGonigle Martin, M.S., Public Health Advocate
4:30 pm – 530 pm
Food Safety Culture
Presenter
- Rogercarole Rogers, RcRogers & Associates, LLC
Drug & Medical Device Sessions
11:15 am – 12:00 pm
FDA Program Alignment
Presenter
- Barbara Cassens, Director for the Office of Partnerships, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
2:15 pm – 3:00 pm
Changes Affecting Medical Device Manufacturers—Going from Directive to Regulation in Europe
Presenter
- Tamas Borsai, Division Manager of non-active medical devices, TÜV SÜD America
4:15 pm – 5:00 pm
Medical Device Cybersecurity – The Marriage between Product Safety and Security
Presenter
- Armin Torres, Principal/Senior Software Consultant, BioTeknica, Inc