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USDA Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory (FVIAC) Committee Meeting 

Hyatt Regency Crystal City Hotel, Arlington, Virginia 

Potomac Rooms I & II 

TUESDAY, MAY 9, 2017 

7:30 AM Registration and Check-In 

8:30 AM Call to Order, Agenda Overview

Introductions 

o FVIAC Members 

o USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Staff 

o Role of the Committee/Charter/Meeting Process 

Acceptance of the October 2016 Meeting Summary

9:00 AM USDA Reports 

o Bruce Summers, AMS Acting Administrator 

o Erin Morris, AMS Acting Deputy Administrator 

o Travel Info/Admin Update 

9:45 AM Public Comments 

10:00 AM Full Committee Convenes – Beth Knorr 2016-17 Chair 

 Bob Nolan 2016-17 Vice Chair 

10:15 AM Break 

10:30 AM Food Safety Working Group

Roland McReynolds, Acting Chairperson 

Topics/Overview of Working Group 

 Speakers 

o Status of Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) 

Ken Petersen – Chief, Audit Services Branch, 

Specialty Crops Program, AMS 

o Status of Produce Safety Rule 

Samir Assar – Director, Division of Produce Safety, 

CFSAN,FDA 

o Status of Foreign Supplier and 3rd Party Rules 

Jan Carlson- Special Assistant, Office of the Center 

Director, CFSAN, FDA 

o Status of USDA-FDA Collaborative Training Forum – 

Tricia Kovacs, Local and Regional Food Systems 

Policy Advisor, USDA 
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12:00 PM LUNCH – At hotel restaurant (reserved) 

TUESDAY, MAY 9, 2017

1:00 PM Food Safety Working Group (continued) 

o Discuss/Draft Recommendations 

1:30 PM Produce Consumption Working Group

Christie Balch, Chairperson 

Topics/Overview of Working Group 

 Speakers 

o Farm to School - Erin Healy, Director of the Office of 

Community Food Systems, USDA FNS 

o Team Nutrition - Sasha Bard Chamberlain, MS, RD, 

Team Lead and Program Analyst, Nutrition Education 

and Promotion Branch, Child Nutrition Programs, 

USDA FNS 

 Discussion/Draft Recommendations 

3:00 PM Research and Grants Working Group

Roland McReynolds, Chairperson 

Topics/Overview of Working Group 

 Speakers 

o Plant Breeding and the National Institute of Food and 

Agriculture’s (NIFA) funding priorities – Ed Kaleikau, 

National Program Leader for Plant Breeding, Genetics 

and Genomics, NIFA, USDA 

o Wholesale Markets and Infrastructure funding – 

Andrew Jermolowicz, Rural Development, USDA 

o Wholesale Markets and Infrastructure Grants/Funding 

– Arthur Neal, Deputy Administrator, AMS 

Transportation and Marketing (T&M) & Ken Keck, 

Director, Marketing Services, T&M 

 Discussion/Any Draft Recommendations 

   
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TUESDAY, MAY 9, 2017 

4:30 PM Market News Working Group 

Tom Williams, Chairperson 

Topics/Overview of Working Group 

 Speaker 

o What’s New in AMS Market News? – Terry Long, 

Director, Market News, Specialty Crops Program, 

AMS

 Discussion/Any Draft Recommendations 

5:00 PM RECESS 

   
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017 

8:30 AM General Comments from other Working Groups 

 New Farmer Advocacy and Mentoring 

 Agriculture Labor

9:30 AM Working Groups Meet 

10:30 AM New Recommendations from Working Groups to full Committee 

 Other Business and closing remarks 

1:00 PM ADJOURN 

 FVIAC Group Photo