Produce Safety Project Stakeholders' Discussion Series: Rochester, NY

Stakeholder's Discussion Series Agenda
Rochester, NY
February 19, 2010

Goals and Outcomes

• Increased understanding of the science underlying enhanced produce safety practices, including: What we know, and what we do not know.
• Increased understanding of practices that are, or could be, contributing to enhanced produce safety.
• Identification and discussion of any regional practice considerations important for enhancing produce safety.
• Identification and discussion of any commodity specific considerations in the development of regulations.

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Speaker: Michael Taylor
Topic: US Food and Drug Administration, DHHS

Michael Taylor, Opening Comments

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Speaker: Larry Eckhart
Topic: Kinderhook Creek Farm, Inc.

Larry Eckhart, Opening Comments

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Speaker: Rayne Pegg
Topic: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA

Rayne Pegg Presentation

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Speaker: Dr. Michael P. Doyle, University of Georgia
Topic: Compost

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Michael Doyle Presentation
Doyle/Suslow Q&A

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Speaker: Dr. Trevor Suslow, University of California, Davis
Topic: Water Quality

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Trevor Suslow Presentation
Doyle/Suslow Q&A 

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Speaker: Dr. Robert L. Gravani, Cornell University
Topic: Worker Health & Hygiene

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Robert Gravani, Opening Comments
Gravani Q&A

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Speaker: Dr. Karen Lowell & Dr. Jeffrey Langholz, Authors, Safe and Sustainable: Co-Managing for Food and Safety and Ecological Health in California's Central Coast Region 
Topic: Wildlife/Environmental Concerns

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Issue Brief
Langholz/Lowell Presentation