AFDO Educational Conference presentations
Thursday, June 17, 2021
Virtual Event
Food Sessions
12:30 – 1:30 PM ET
Manufactured Food Virtual Assessments, Inspections and Audits
Progress is often borne out of necessity. COVID-19 raised inspectional and audit challenges that compelled regulatory programs and industry to look for new ways to assess compliance and share sensitive information remotely. This session will discuss some of the progress made related to virtual inspections and audits and the electronic sharing of documents in a secure manner.
Speakers:
- Brandon Headlee, Director of Quality (Global Auditing), ConAgra Brands – Download PDF
- Courtney Pierson, Food Processing District Manager for the Food Safety & Lodging Program, Kansas Department of Agriculture – Download PDF
- Patrick Kennelly, Program Director, Association of Food and Drug Officials – Download PDF
1:30PM – 2:30PM ET
Achieving Healthy People 2030 Foodborne Illness Reduction Objectives
- Denise Eblen, Assistant Administrator, Office: Office of Public Health Science, U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Ernest Julian, Co-Chair, Healthy People 2030 Foodborne Illness Reduction Committee and Co-Chair, Healthy People 2030 Produce Workgroup, Retired, RI Dept. of Health
- Jennifer McEntire, Healthy People 2030: Fresh Produce, United Fresh Produce Association
- Erik Mettler, Assistant Commissioner for Partnerships and Policy, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Beth Wittry, Environmental Health Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2:30PM – 3:30PM ET
Conducting Successful Foodborne Illness Investigations
Learn strategies and best practices used by states for the most successful foodborne illness outbreak investigations.
Moderator: Steven Mandernach, Executive Director, Association of Food and Drug Officials
- Doug Dyer, HE Investigator III, Public Health-Seattle & King County
- Douglas Irving (DJ), Environmentalist, Tennessee Department of Health
- Brendalee Viveiros, Principal Public Health Promotion Specialist/RRT Supervisor, Rhode Island Department of Health
3:30PM – 4:30PM ET
Nationwide Cyclospora and Virginia Cyclospora Outbreaks
Retail Sessions
12:30PM – 12:45PM ET
Welcome and Session Moderator:
- Valerie Potopsingh, Retail Food Specialist, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
12:45PM – 2:00PM ET
TCS, or not TCS -That is the Question
Determining if a food requires time and temperature control for safety is often a difficult task. In this interactive session, participants will have the opportunity to find out how well they stack up to other AFDO AEC attendees in assessing Time/Temperature Control for Safety (TCS) status of some foods commonly found in retail food establishments. Our panel of experts will weigh in on those products sharing their experiences, considerations for making these decisions, and resources to help you to answer the decades-old question of “TCS or Not TCS.”
Moderator:
- Adam Inman, Assistant Program Manager, Kansas Department of Agriculture
Speakers:
- Devin K. Dutilly, MS, MPH, CPH, REHS/RS, Consumer Safety Officer, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Donald Schaffner, Distinguished Professor and Extension Specialist, Rutgers University
- Benjamin Chapman, Professor, Food Safety Specialist, Department of Agricultural and Human Sciences, North Carolina State University, NC Cooperative Extension
- Brian Nummer, PhD, Professor, Utah State University
2:15PM – 3:15PM ET
FDA Risk Factor Study 2015-2016 Data Collection Results for Delis
FDA’s current ten-year study is designed to provide a means for investigating the relationship between food safety management systems, certified food protection managers, and the occurrence of foodborne illness risk within retail food and foodservice establishments. This presentation will cover the key findings from the 2015-16 retail food store delis data collection period. During this session, both regulatory and industry retail food safety professionals will gain important insights into the current strengths and challenges within the nation’s retail food protection system.
Speaker:
- Michael Nordos, R.S., Retail Food Specialist, Branch II, U.S. Food & Drug Administration
3:30PM – 4:30PM ET
Retail Program Standards Sharing Session: What’s Your Intervention Strategy
Please join us for this session where retail regulatory agencies will share the findings from their foodborne illness risk factor studies and the intervention strategies that they have implemented to meet Standard 9 of the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards.
Speakers:
- Lane Drager, Consumer Protection Program Coordinator, Boulder County Public Health, Colorado
- Meg McGuire, Environmental Health Programs Coordinator, Rockingham County DHHS, North Carolina
- Mark Speltz, Bureau Chief, Food and Consumer Safety, Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals
Produce Sessions
12:30PM – 2:00PM ET
How States are Handling Produce Illness Investigations and Outbreaks
States discuss how they are coordinating with other food regulatory programs, MOUs they have in place, their involvement in a Rapid Response Team (RRT) or Emergency Response Team, how they are currently involved in produce recalls, and how their state handles chemical and physical contamination of produce on farms.
Moderator:
Kristin Esch, Produce Safety Expert, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, CFSAN, PSN
Speaker:
- Jill Wisehart, Management Analyst, Washington State Department of Agriculture
- Shelley Phillips, Produce Program Supervisor, California Department of Food and Agriculture
- Teressa Lopez, PSR Program Director, Arizona Department of Agriculture
- Joseph Smith, Produce Safety and Dairy Inspector, Michigan State Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
2:00PM – 3:00PM ET
How States are Handling Turnover and Maintaining Good Training Programs as a Result
States discuss the challenges of turnover within their program, plans and strategies they used to overcome the turnover, and how they have maintained a successful training program for remaining and new staff.
Moderator:
Kristin Esch, Produce Safety Expert, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, CFSAN, PSN
Speaker:
- Scott McClure, FSMA Coordinator, Florida Department of Agriculture-DFV
- Susanna Pearlstein, Program Manager, Produce Safety, Oregon State Department of Agriculture
- Kim Carlen, Produce Safety Program Specialist, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
- Mark Reed, Produce Safety Program Manager, Kentucky Department of Agriculture
3:00PM – 4:00PM ET
Inspection Frequency and Prioritization
States discuss their inventory numbers, how they are prioritizing their inspections, how PDAT has been used by their program, and if the state plans to conduct additional inspections above the number required by the Produce Cooperative Agreement.
Moderator:
Valerie Gamble, Produce Safety Program Manager, Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Speaker:
- Rene Nieto, Produce Safety Outreach Specialist, Texas Department of Agriculture
- Matthew Fout, Produce Safety Manager, Ohio Department of Agriculture
- Kelly Johnson, Produce Safety Manager, South Carolina Department of Agriculture
- Vivien Mccurdy, Produce Safety Supervisor, Indiana Department of Health
4:00PM – 4:30PM ET
AFDO Produce Updates and Projects
Hear about the workgroups and ongoing projects of the Produce Committee, the United Fresh/AFDO Listeria project, and other resources available.
- Brenda Morris, Director of Produce Safety, Association of Food and Drug Officials
Body Art Sessions
12:30PM – 12:45PM ET
Welcome and Session Moderator:
12:45PM – 1:45PM ET
Sterilization, Decontamination, and Single Use Practices
This presentation will offer insight to modern sterilization practices within body art facilities. Topics will include Personal Protective Equipment, Decontamination practices, Equipment maintenance and storage and Single use instruments and storage.
Speakers:
- John Johnson, OSHA General Industry Trainer, Association of Professional Piercers
- Selina Medina, Compliance and Education Manager, Body Art Alliance
1:45PM – 2:30PM ET
Permanent Makeup
An in-depth presentation on tattooing as a permanent makeup or microblading procedure. Understand the tattooing procedure of the manual method of microblading versus an electrical device performing permanent make up. Although both are tattooing, Pat will present the differences in pigments, saturation levels and expectations with both of these tattooing techniques.
Speakers:
2:45PM – 4:30PM ET
Panel Question and Answer Session
Participate in a discussion with professionals in the body art industry and regulators where they will be discussing what is happening in the body art industry across the country.
- Matt Bavougian, Owner Onyx Piercing Studio; Co-Chair, Body Art Education Alliance
- Michael Crea, R.S., Owner of Z-Edge Piercing Inc., Executive Director, Florida Environmental Health Association, Body Piercing, BLS, CPR & Bloodborne Pathogens Trainer
- Kathy Hartman, BS, REHS; OSHA Authorized General Industry Trainer; Owner, Body Art Training Group
- Steve Joyner, Body Art Compliance; Co-Chair, National Environmental Health Association Body Art Committee; Member, AFDO Body Art Committee; Member/former Board Member, Association of Professional Piercers
- John Misock, Senior Consultant, Ceutical Labs Inc.
- Cathy Montie, Body Art Educational Consultant, Cathy Montie Body Art Training Company
Cannabis Sessions
12:30PM -1:30PM ET
Hemp in Food
- Steve Carmody, Environmental Manager, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Food Safety
- Tenesha Stubblefield, Consumable Hemp Program Lead, DIA Food and Consumer Safety Bureau
1:30PM -2:30PM ET
Cannabinoid Analogs and their Regulatory Challenges: Delta-8 THC, Delta-10, THC-v, and more
- Michael McQueeny, Counsel/Professor, Foley Hoag LLP/New York Law School
- Greg Gerdeman, Neuroscientist
- Brett Goldman, Public Policy
2:30PM – 3:30PM ET
Health Canada Update
3:00PM – 3:30PM ET
Cannabis Lab Challenges
3:30PM – 4:30PM ET
Lessons Learned: What I Wish I Had Known
- Hezakiah Allen, Director of Education, A Therapeutic Alternative
- Steve Bevan, Partner, O’Can Group
- Erin Kennedy, Vice President & Certification Director, Focus – Foundation of Cannabis Unified Standards