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FASS Food Safety, Animal Drugs, and Animal Health Holds Symposium

FEDERATION OF ANIMAL SCIENCE SOCIETIES
Food Safety, Animal Drugs, and Animal Health Committee
SPRING SYMPOSIA
May 4, 2009
American Farm Bureau Conference Room
600 Maryland Avenue SW, Suite 1000W
Washington, DC

Session Chair – Dr. Kristi Smedley
9:00 am Welcome and Opening Remarks – Dr. Gary Cromwell, Chair of FASS Committee on Food Safety, Animal Health and Animal Drugs
9:15 Center for Veterinary Medicine UPDATE – Dr. Bernadette Dunham, Director, CVM
10:00 Dairy Metrics for Policy Makers – Dr. Dave Galligan, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
10:30 Break
Session Chair – Dr. Rodney Preston
10:45 Can Food Be A Weapon? – Col. Gary Vroegindewey, US Department of Defense
11:15 National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System – Dr. Shaohua Zhao, CVM/FDA
11:45 Lunch
12:30 Swine Flu Update-Dr. Jennifer Greiner, DVM
Session Chair – Dr. Gary Cromwell
1:00 pm Science at the Department of Agriculture – Ms. Charlotte Kirk Baer, Division Chief, Animal Health, Production, and Products, and Dr. Mary McPhail Gray, Division Chief, Food Safety, Health, and Nutrition, Office of Research, Education, and Extension, USDA
1:35 Animal Agriculture Biotechnology Issues – Dr. Barbara Glenn, BIO
2:10 Animal Feed Ingredient Update, New Issues, and GRAS Notifications – Dr. Geoffrey Wong, CVM/FDA
2:40 Break
Session Chair – Dr. Andrew Skidmore
3:00 Review of the Role of FDA in Ensuring Safe Food – Ms. Robin Schoen, National Research Council
3:30 American Farm Bureau's Position on Antibiotic Use in Farm Animals – Ms. Kelli Ludlum, American Farm Bureau Federation
3:45 Activities of the FASS Congressional Fellows – Dr. David Edwards and Dr. Bhushan Jayarao
4:15 Adjourn



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