The Georgia Association for Food Protection Event

Meetings

March 2010, Spring Meeting, GTRI, Atlanta.


Veny Gapud receiving her President Award from Mac Branch and April Staebell	Jie Xu, Senior Research Scientist, GTRI	Greg McMurray, Division Chief, Principal Research Engineer GTRI conducting the tour of GTRI

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 Georgia Department of Agriculture (Atlanta).

Rainy days and nights in Georgia created massive flooding in the Atlanta area. Areas of Atlanta were under water and roads were washed out. In spite of this historic disaster, the Georgia Association for Food Protection held its biannual meeting at the Georgia Department of Agriculture in Atlanta, GA on September 22.

Topics and speakers at the meeting were as follows:

· Overview of Food Defense and Food Security: Daniel Esoe, Georgia Department of Agriculture Program Manager Consumer Protection and Michael Parkerson, Georgia Department of Agriculture Homeland Security

· Agroterrorism, Food Defense and Mass Casualty: Dr. Paul Williams, Georgia Emergency Management Agency

· Georgia Department of Agriculture’s Laboratories and Food Defense: Dr. Reuben Beverly, Georgia Department of Agriculture Laboratory and Mike Farrow, Georgia Department of Agriculture Laboratory

· Georgia Department of Agriculture’s Food Processing Division: Natalie Adan, Georgia Department of Agriculture Food Processing Division

A tour of the laboratories concluded the meeting


Attendees	Natalie Adan, Georgia Department of Agriculture Food Processing Division	Dr. Reuben Beverly, Georgia Department of Agriculture Laboratory	FDA Display-Pam Metheny (Secretary GAFP) , Joann Pittman (FDA), Veny Gapud (President GAFP)

Tuesday, February 17, 2009 “CDC Happenings”, CDC (Atlanta).

Meeting Agenda

8:30 - 9:30 Registration and tour of CDC Global Health Odyssey

9:30 Go as a group to meeting area inside Second Security Check Point-Escort Required

9:30-9:45 Welcome and Introductions—Tonya Gray, President

9:45 – 10:30 The Future of Prevention, Robert G. Blake, Environmental Health Services Branch

10:30 - 11:00 Break (Small Group Demonstrations of EHS-Net Information System,

Environmental Health Training in Emergency Response, Integrated Pest

Management and other EHSB Projects)

11:00 – 11:45 The Prevention Research System, Carol A. Selman, Environmental Health Services Branch

11:45- 12:15 Business Meeting

12:15 – 1:00 Lunch

1:00-2:00 Factors Related to Food Workers Working While Ill, Dr. Laura R. Green, Environmental Health Services Branch

2:00-2:15 Break

2:15 – 3:00 Norovirus and Food Safety, Dr. Aron J. Hall, NCIRD/DVD/EB, Viral Gastroenteritis Team

3:00-4:00 Tour of CDC Director’s Emergency Operations Center

Tuesday, September 16, 2008 “Working Hot Topics in the Food Industry”, Publix (Atlanta).

Meeting Agenda

8:30–9:00 Registration

9:00–9:15 Welcome and Introduction – Tonya Gray Georgia Department of Human Resources, 2 Peachtree NW, Atlanta, GA, President GAFP

9:15 – 10:15 Got Fish………..It’s What’s for Dinner” Sandy Shepherd Georgia Department of Agriculture, Seafood Safety Office

10:15 – 10:30 Break

10:30 – 11:30 SQF- Moving your Food Safety program beyond the next level - Dina Austin Scott CP- FS, Steritech Group

11:30 – 12:00 Student Award Recognition:

12:00 – 12:45 Lunch

12:45 – 1:15 Business Meeting

1:15 – 2:15 Food Safety/Going Green – Zia Siddiqi, Director of Quality Assurance-Orkin Pest Control

2:15- 2:30 Break

2:30 – 3:30 Big Box Issues -Jeff McGovern, Quality Systems Manager - Orkin Client Services

Thursday, February 15, 2007 “Working Together on Food Protection to Effect Better Public Health in Georgia”, Chick-Fil-A Home Office (Atlanta). Directions to Chick-Fil-A

Meeting Agenda

8:30 - 9:00Registration-Chick-fil-A Coffee

9:00 - 9:15 20 Years of Food Protection in Georgia-Oscar Garrison, Department of Agriculture

9:15 – 9:30 Working Together for Public Health-Today’s Agenda, Dr. Hal King, Chick-fil-A Food Safety

9:30 - 9:45 FDA’s Perspective on Food Code Interpretations and their Application- Kim Livsey, FDA

9:45 -10:00 State of Georgia’s Perspective on Food Code Interpretations and their Application- Jeff Gary, Georgia Division of Public Health, Environmental Health Section

10:00 -10:15 Local Health Department’s Perspective on Food Code Interpretations and their Application-Tonya Gray, Coweta County Health Department

10:15 -10:30 Break-Chick-fil-A Coffee

10:30 - 10:45 Industry’s Perspective on Food Code Interpretations and their Application- Frank Ferko, RARE Hospitality International Inc

10:45 - 11:15 Panel Discussion on Food Code Interpretations and their Application

11:15 - 12:00 Role of Fresh Produce in Foodborne Illness, Dr. Larry Beuchat, Center for Food \ Safety, UGA

12:00 - 12:45 Lunch-Chick-fil-A Café’

12:45 - 1:15 Business Meeting

1:15 -1:30 ALERT Food Defense Initiative, Kim Livsey, FDA

1:30 - 2:15 Ethnic Food, Kim Livsey, FDA

2:15 - 3:00 Distribution and Food Safety - Veny Gapud, Popeye’s Chicken & Biscuits

3:00 - 3:30 Tour of Chick-fil-A

September 12, 2006 “Topics in Food Safety and Technology”, Gold Kist Corporate Headquarters (Atlanta). Directions

Challenges in Restaurant Sanitation, Dr. Hal King Chick-fil-A, Inc.
Avian Influenza-An Update, Dr. Steve Roney, Directory of Veterinary Services, Gold Kist
Poultry Products Safety From Farm to Table, Dr. Alling Yancy, Director of Regulatory Compliance & Laboratory Services, Gold Kist
Contamination of Broiler Carcasses with Salmonella During Processing, Dr. Julie Northcutt, Research Food Technologist, USDA-ARS
Understanding the Transmission of Salmonella in Poultry, Dr. John Maurer, Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center College ofVeterinary Medicine, The University of Georgia

Directions from Athens:

Take Hwy 316 to I 85 South. Take I 285 North towards Chattanooga. Exit Ashford Dunwoody Road (Exit # 21) to the right. Immediately go to the left hand lane to turn left onto Hammond Drive. Turn left onto Perimeter Center Parkway NE. There will be road construction. Turn left by Fuddruckers. Go straight to the Gold Kist Parking lot.

Directions from South of Atlanta:

Take I 85 North to I 285 North towards Chattanooga. Exit Ashford Dunwoody Road (Exit # 21) to the right. Immediately go to the left hand lane to turn left onto Hammond Drive. Turn left onto Perimeter Center Parkway NE. There will be road construction. Turn left by Fuddruckers. Go straight to the Gold Kist Parking lot.

Thursday February 9, 2006 “Topics in Food Safety and Technology”, The University of Georgia Center for Food Safety in Griffin Georgia. Map

Mike Doyle, CFS-UGA, "Controlling Listeria in Drains in Processing Plants"

Ynes Ortega, CFS-UGA, "Presence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in Georgia Dairy Cattle, and Implications to Public Health"

Mark Harrison, CFS-UGA, "Security at Georgia Produce Operations"

Larry Beuchat, CFS-UGA, "Alicyclobacillus, an Endemic Spoilage Bacterium in the Beverage Industry"

Joshua Gurtler, CFS-UGA, "Evaluation of Media for Detecting and Enumerating Stressed Enterobacter sakazakii"

Lichun Lin, CFS-UGA, "Survival and Growth of Enterobacter sakazakii in Infant Cereal"

Hoikyung Kim, CFS-UGA, "Behavior and Control of Enterobacter sakazakii in Fresh Fruits and Vegetables"

Mohammad Obaidat, CFS-UGA, "Susceptibility of Persistent and Non-persistent Listeria monocytogenes to Quaternary Ammonium Compounds"

September 20, 2005 “Topics in Food Safety and Technology”, Georgia Tech, Tour of Georgia Tech Food Processing Technology Facility (Atlanta)
Ron Yockey, VP Operations BPI Tecnology, “Designing Food Safety in Your Food Plant”
Dr. David Godfrey, Senior Research Scientist, GTRI, “Rapid Microbial Biosensors”
John Pierson, Food Processing Technology Division, GTRI, “Advanced UV Disinfection Technology”
John Stewart, Senior Research Engineer, GTRI, “ Foreign Object Imaging System

February 17, 2005 “Topics in Food Safety and Technology”, University of Georgia Food Science (Athens)

Dr Larry R. Beuchat, Distinguished Research Professor, UGA Center for Food Safety, .”Microbiological Safety Risks and Concerns in the Produce Industry”

Dr. David A. Baker, Director Quality and Food Safety, Gold Kist, Inc.,

“Maintaining and Securing Product Integrity During the Shipping Process”

Ms. Teresa Frey, Regulatory Specialist, Foodsafe Systems, Inc.,

“Surviving the Information Overload”

Dr. J. Stan Bailey, Research Microbiologist USDA, ARS, PMSRU – RBRRC,

“Salmonella Status of Free-Range and Organic Chickens”

September 2004

February 26. 2004 “Hot Topics in Food Safety”, >Salvation Army Temple, (Atlanta)

Dr. Kathy Glass, University of Wisconsin; President-Elect – International Association for Food Protection “Clostridium botulinum: Friend or Foe”

Cameron Smoak, Assistant Commissioner, Georgia Department of Agriculture; President-Elect – Association of Food and Drug Officials,

“Food Safety & Security Initiatives on the Local, State, & National Level”

Vernon Mullins, Agriculture Manager- Organic and GAP, Georgia Department of

Agriculture; President – Georgia Environmental Health Association

“Georgia’s Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) Food Safety Certification Program – An Overview “

Dr. Joe Frank, Professor of Food Science, University of Georgia, “Removal of

Listeria monocytogenes from Poultry Plant Biofilms “

Dr. James A. Daniels, University of Georgia Extension Food Science,

“Is HACCP Working? Will Safety Sell?”

September 2003

February 2003

GAFP holds two meeting each year with attendance varying between 45-55 people. Two newsletters are published each year. For more information, please check out the GAFP website at www.gaafp.org.