Addressing Foodborne Threats to Health: Policies, Practices, and Global Coordination: Workshop Summary (2006)

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APPENDIX A
Forum on Microbial Threats

Board on Global Health

Institute of Medicine

The National Academies

Foodborne Threats to Health: The Practice and Policies of Surveillance, Prevention, Outbreak Investigations, and International Coordination

October 25 and 26, 2005

KECK 100

National Academies

500 Fifth Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20001

AGENDA

Tuesday, October 25, 2005

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

Margaret A. (Peggy) Hamburg, Nuclear Threat Initiative
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Vice-chair, Forum on Microbial Threats

Session I: The Current U.S. Food Supply—Ruth Berkelman, Moderator

9:20:

Globalization of the food supply—Discussion to address the “inputs” to the U.S. food supply—locally, regionally, and globally—and how the percentage of those inputs has changed over time.

  • Craig Henry, Vice president, FPA

9:50:

Discussion

10:15:

Break

Session II: The Food Supply “Threat Spectrum”—Michael Osterholm, Moderator

9:00:

Welcome and Opening Remarks

10:30:

Overview of the threat spectrum—Unintentional vs. intentional

  • Michael Osterholm, University of Minnesota

11:00:

Discussion

11:15:

Burden of illness associated with foodborne threats to health

  • Rob Tauxe, CDC, Atlanta, GA

11:45:

Discussion

12:00–12:45:

Lunch

Session III: The Food Supply “Threat Spectrum”: Case Studies—David Acheson, Moderator

12:45:

Cyclosporiasis in imported fresh basil

  • Barbara Herwaldt, CDC, Atlanta, GA

  • Dean Bodager, Florida Department of Public Health

1:15:

Hepatitis A from imported green onions

  • Beth Bell, CDC, Atlanta, GA

1:45–2:15:

Discussion

2:15–2:30:

Break
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2:30–3:30:

Botulinum toxin—David Acheson, presenter

Discussants:

  • Milton Leitenberg, University of Maryland

  • Clay Detlefsen, Vice president for Regulatory Affairs, International Dairy Foods Association

3:30–3:50:

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

3:50–5:00:

  • John Besser, Minnesota Department of Health

  • Bob (Robert L.) Buchanan, Director, Office of Science, CFSAN

  • Kimberly Elenberg, USDA, FSIS, Office of Food Safety and Emergency Preparedness

5:00–5:45:

Open Discussion of Day 1/Adjournment of the first day

6:00:

Reception

7:15:

Dinner Meeting of the Forum on Microbial Threats

[location: The Atrium, 3rd Floor; KECK Center]

Wednesday, October 26, 2005

8:00–8:30:

Continental Breakfast

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, Moderator

8:45:

The U.S. Food Safety System

  • John Bailar, III, University of Chicago (Chair, NRC Report: Ensuring Safe Food: From Production to Consumption)
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9:15:

The International Food Safety System—WHO perspective

  • Jørgen Schlundt, Director of the Food Safety Program (WHO)

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”—Dr. Lonnie King, Moderator

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, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

  • Maura Ricketts, Executive Director, Health Canada

  • Wil Hueston, University of Minnesota

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. George Korch, Moderator

1:30–2:45:

Panelists

  • Lonnie King, Chair, NRC Report: Animal Health at the Crossroads

  • Sanford Miller, Food Policy Institute

  • Frank Busta, University of Minnesota

2:45–3:15:

Discussion

3:15–4:00:

Next Steps

4:15:

Adjourn
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