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Foodborne Threats to Health: The Policies and Practice of Surveillance, Prevention; Outbreak Investigations; and International Coordination --
October 25th and 26th 2005
KECK 100
National Academies
Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001
AGENDA
8:30 - 9:00: Continental Breakfast
9:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks
Stanley Lemon, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
Chair, Forum on Microbial Threats
Fred Sparling, University of North Carolina
Vice-Chair, Forum on Microbial Threats
Session I: The Current US Food Supply - Lonnie King, Moderator
9:30: Globalization of the food supply - discussion to address the "inputs" to the US food supply locally/regionally/globally - and how the percentage of those inputs has changed over time.
Craig Henry, Vice President, FPA
11:00: Discussion
Session II: The Food Supply "Threat Spectrum" - Michael Osterholm, Moderator
11:15: Overview of the threat spectrum - unintentional vs intentional - Michael Osterholm
View Slides
11:45: Burden of Illness associated with foodborne threats to health
Rob Tauxe - CDC Atlanta View Slides
12:15: Discussion
12:30 - 1:15: LUNCH
Session III: The Food Supply "Threat Spectrum" - Case Studies - David Acheson, Moderator
1.15: Cyclosporiasis in imported produce - fresh basil
Barbara Herwaldt, CDC
Dean Bodager, FL Department of Public Health View Slides
1:45: Hepatitis A from imported green onions
Beth Bell, CDC View Slides
2:15 - 2:45: Discussion
2:45 - 3:00: BREAK
3:00: Botulinum toxin
David Acheson, presenter View Slides
Discussants:
Milton Leitenberg, Univ. of Maryland View Presentation
Clay Detlefsen, VP for Regulatory Affairs, Int'l Dairy Foods Ass'n
4:00 - 4:20: Discussion
Session IV: What are the tools and technologies for "real time" surveillance of the food supply for conventional and unconventional adulterants? Local/regional/national/global – Dr. Pat Fitch, Moderator
4:20 - 5:30:
John Besser, Minnesota Department of Health
Bob (Robert L.) Buchanan, Director, Office of Science, CFSAN View Slides
Kimberly Elenberg, USDA, FSIS, Office of Food Safety and Emergency Preparedness View Slides
5:30 - 5:55: Open Discussion of Day 1/Adjournment of the first day
8:30: Opening Remarks / Summary of Day 1
P. Frederick Sparling, UNC, Vice-Chair, Forum on Microbial Threats
Session V: Who is Responsible for Ensuring the Wholesomeness of the Food Supply? Domestic and International Perspectives - Dr. Jim Hughes, Emory University, Moderator
8:45: The US Food Safety System
John Bailar, III, University of Chicago (Chairman, NRC Report: "Ensuring Safe Food: From Production to Consumption") View Slides
9:15: The International Food Safety System - WHO perspective
Jorgen Schlundt, Director of the Food Safety Program (WHO) View Slides
9:45: Discussion
10:15 - 10:30: BREAK
Session VI: What are the Incentives and Disincentives Associated with Disease/Contamination Reporting? Impacts on Human Health and International Trade - BSE as a "Case Study"? Lonnie King, Moderator Intro Slides
10:30 - 12:00: Case study of BSE -- human illness associated with BSE-tainted meat and meat products; surveillance tools and technologies; impacts on international trade associated with reporting a "positive."
Overview: Stanley Prusiner, UC San Francisco
Steven Collins, Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia.
Maura Ricketts, Executive Director, Health Canada View Slides
Will Hueston, University of Minnesota View Slides
12:00 - 12:15: Discussion
12:15 - 12:45: Discussion of Morning Sessions
12:45 - 1:30: LUNCH
Session VII: Threat Reduction Research and Policy Opportunities, Dr. Elizabeth George, Moderator
1:30 - 2:45: Panelists
Lonnie King, Chair: "Animal Health at the Crossroads" View Slides
(Final NRC report is forthcoming, see http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11365.html for more information)
Sanford Miller - Food Policy Institute View Slides
Frank Busta - University of Minnesota View Slides
2:45 - 3:15: Discussion
3:15 - 4:00: Next Steps
4:15: ADJOURN
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