2020 MFRPA Presentations
Please note: not all presentations are available for posting
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
8:45pm - 9:15pm
Mutual Reliance / Smarter Food Safety - Making the Transition
  • Alan Tart, Deputy Director, Office of Partnerships, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
9:15am - 9;40pm 
Using Public Service Announcements to Deliver Key Messages
  • MaryBeth DeMarco, Foodborne Disease Epidemiology Program, Virginia Department of Health
10:00am - 10:45am
Classifying High Risk & Non-High Risk Operations - FDA Workplanning Process Revealed
  • William Correll, Director, Office of Compliance, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, US Food and Drug Administration
10:45am - 11:30am
Presentation of MFRPS Change Proposals – Incorporating Preventive Controls into the Standards
  • Patrick Kennelly, Program Director, Association of Food and Drug Official
11:30am - 11:45am 
Standards Coordinators Manual Overview
  • Jennifer Bonsky, Rapid Response Team Food Safety Specialist and Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards Coordinator, Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development
  • Cassie Mueller, MFRPS Coordinator, Food and Feed Safety Division, Minnesota Department of Agriculture
1:00pm - 1:30pm 
1:30pm - 2:15pm
2:15pm - 2:45pm
3:05pm - 3:45pm
3:45pm - 5:00pm 
New York Survey of Industry – Preventive Controls Readiness
  • Odeisa Hichez, Supervising Food Inspector, Food Safety Division, New York Department of Agriculture and Markets
Preventive Controls Inspections Updates
Auditing Fully Conformant States
  • Ellen Buchanan, Audit Director, Office of Human and Animal Food Operations, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  • Natalie Adan, Director, Food Safety Division, Georgia Department of Agriculture
Using State Inspection Data to Support FDA Enforcement Action
  • Laci Langford, Inspections Unit, Foods Group East, Texas Department Of State Health Services
  • Dana Lewis, Compliance Officer, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  • Davonna Koebrick, LMSW, RS, MFRPS Coordinator, Consumer Protection, Texas Department of State Health Services
  • Lewis Ressler, Manager, Foods Group - Policy, Standards and Quality Assurance, Texas Department of State Health Services
Regional Break-out Session​
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
8:00 am – 8:45 am
Sharing Inventory and Inspection Data Electronically
8:45 am – 9:30 am
A Conversation with FDA Office of Training, Education, and Development
  • Patricia Alcock, Director, Office of Training, Education, and Development, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  • Matt Avis, Supervisory Analyst, Office of Partnerships, Office of Regulatory Affairs, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  • Adam Betman, Program Analyst, Office of Partnerships, Office of Regulatory Affairs,  U.S. Food and Drug Administration
9:30 am – 10:00 am 
Assembling the Complete Laboratory Data Package (For FDA Acceptance)
  • Maria Ishida, Laboratory Director, Division of Food Laboratory, New York Department of Agriculture and Markets
  • Ron Pace, Division Director, Office of Human and Animal Food Operations-East Division 1, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
10:30 am – 11:45 am 
A Conversation About Contracts & Grants
  • Wendy Campbell, Acting Branch Chief, Office of Human and Animal Food Operations, Office of Partnerships, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  • Brett Weed, Project Officer, Office of Partnerships, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  • Jocelyn Ramos, Project Manager, Office of Partnerships, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  • Catherine Hosman, Project Officer, Office of Partnerships, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  • Graham N. Giesen, Project Manager (Public Health Advisor), Division of Partnership Investments and Agreements, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  • Mei-Ying Li, Captain, U.S. Public Health Service, Project Manager, Office of Partnership
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm 
Manager's Roundtable
  • Alan Tart, Deputy Director, Office of Partnerships, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  • Steve Moris, Manager, Division of Food, Safety, and Lodging, Kansas Department of Agriculture
  • Robin Brown, PhD, Chief, Center for Food Processing, Maryland Department of Health
  • Angie Culler-Matthews, Food/Feed Safety & Compliance Manager, Consumer Protection, South Carolina Department of Agriculture
  • Steven Mandernach, Executive Director, Association of Food and Drug Officials
  • Vinetta Howard-King, Director, Office of Human and Animal Food Operations – East, Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA), Food and Drug Administration
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm 
MFRPA Board & Outcome Based Standards Workgroup Report
  • Kimberly Stryker, MFRPA Chair, Food Safety and Sanitation Program Manager, Division of Environmental Health, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
MFRPS Change Proposal Voting (Voting Members Only)​
2:45 pm – 5:00 pm
Roundtable – Speed Dating 
  • Moderators: 
  • Angela Kohls, Consumer Safety Officer, Division of Standards Implementation, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  • Priscilla Neves, Consumer Safety Officer, Division of Standards Implementation, U.S. Food and Drug Administration​
Thursday, April 11, 2019
8:00 am – 9:00 am
Challenges with Public Record Laws
  • Sara M. Ashton, J.D., Testimony Specialist for Food, Feed, Cosmetics/Dietary Supplements/Tobacco, Division of Information Disclosure Policy, US Food and Drug Administration
  • Randy Treadwell, Program Manager, Rapid Response and Emergency Management Program, Washington Department of Agriculture
  • Pamela Miles, Program Supervisor, Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Service
9:00 am – 10.00 am
Inspections of Firms Under Produce & Preventive Controls
  • Jennifer Thomas, Senior Advisor, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
10:30 am – 11:30 am 
Regulating Cannabis and Hemp - CBD & Edibles
11:30 am - 12:00 pm 
Looking to the Future - Closing Remarks 
  • Barbara Cassens, Director, Office of Partnerships, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  • Frank Greene, MFRPA Vice-Chair, Director, Food, Standards, and Product Safety Division, Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection
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