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USDA Fruit & Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee Meeting

Agenda | May 9-10, 2019

Hyatt Regency Crystal City Hotel (Arlington, Virginia)

Fairfax Room 

Schedule at a Glance:

Thursday May 9 Friday May 10

MORNING

- Ethics Orientation

- Call to Order

- Introductions

- Welcome

- AMS| Specialty Crops Program

- Committee Leadership Overview

- Committee Leadership Voting + Results 

- Oral + Written Public Comments

-Call to Order 

-Workgroup Sessions

-Workgroup Reports to Full Committee 

AFTERNOON

-Overview of Workgroup Operations & 

Reporting 

-Establish Workgroups for FVIAC 2018-2020 

-Audit Update 

-Food Safety Update 

-PACA Update 

-Open Discussion | FVIAC Members

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- Plan Follow-On Meetings 

- Other Business

-Closing Remarks

Face-to-Face Meeting Format

• The Designated Federal Officer (DFO) calls the meeting to order and adjourns the meeting. The FVIAC Chair 

chairs the meeting. The DFO will chair the first FVIAC meeting where the FVIAC Chair has not been elected. 

• USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) provides the FVIAC with updates.

• The FVIAC hears public comments, which are grouped by topic when possible, to facilitate review.

• FVIAC members present proposed workgroup agenda/objectives, reports and discussion documents, and discuss 

public comment. 

• NOTE: Agenda items may be withdrawn, or votes postponed at the discretion of theCommittee. 

• There will be two 15-minute breaks (mid-morning & mid-afternoon) and a 75-minute lunch breakmid-day.

Public Comments (Written and Oral)

• Members of the public wishing to speak at the meeting or who wish to arrange special accommodations should 

contact Designated Federal Officer Darrell Hughes at (202) 348-2576 or SCPFVIAC@ams.usda.gov. 

• Comments and registrations to speak must be submitted by April 17, 2019.

• There are two (2) opportunities to provide oral comments to the Committee: One two (2) face-to-face meetings. 

Walk-in comment slots may become available on a first come-first served basis at the meeting, if the schedule

allows.

• Each person may sign up for only one speaking slot. Commenters will be allowed a 2-minute time slot at the faceto-face meeting. Each commenter must state his/her name and affiliation for the record at the beginning of their

comment.
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USDA Fruit & Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee Meeting

Agenda | May 9-10, 2019

Hyatt Regency Crystal City Hotel (Arlington, Virginia)

Fairfax Room 

THURSDAY MAY 9, 2019

8:00 AM Committee Ethics Orientation

USDA Ethics Office 

8:30 AM Call to order | Agenda Overview for Day 1

Darrell Hughes, FVIAC, Designated Federal Officer (DFO)

8:45 AM Introductions

Sonia Jimenez, Deputy Administrator, AMS Specialty Crops Program (SCP) 

9:15 AM Welcome to DC 

Greg Ibach, Under Secretary, Marketing & Regulatory Program (MRP)

Bruce Summers, Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)

9:45 AM AMS| Specialty Crops Program Overview 

Sonia Jimenez, Deputy Administrator, SCP

FVIAC Member Q&A (5 minutes) 

10:15 AM Committee Leadership Overview 

Darrell Hughes, FVIAC, DFO 

10:30 AM BREAK (15 min)

10:45 AM Committee Leadership Voting + Results 

Sonia Jimenez, Deputy Administrator, SCP

11:15 AM Oral + Written Public Comments 

12:00 PM LUNCH (75 min)

1:15 PM Overview of Workgroup Operations & Reporting + Q&A from FVIAC Members

Darrell Hughes, FVIAC, DFO

1:25 PM Establish Workgroups for FVIAC 2018-2020 + Select Workgroups Leads 

Darrell Hughes, FVIAC, DFO

2:30 PM BREAK (15 min)

2:45 PM Audit Update

Committee Q&A 

3:15 PM Food Safety Update

Committee Q&A

3:45 PM PACA Update

Committee Q&A

4:15 PM Other Business and Closing Remarks

5:00 PM RECESS
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USDA Fruit & Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee Meeting

Agenda | May 9-10, 2019

Hyatt Regency Crystal City Hotel (Arlington, Virginia)

Fairfax Room 

Meeting Minutes 

• The FVIAC Chair must certify meeting minutes within 90 days. 

• Information about Committee meetings, is available on AMS’ FVIAC home page: 

https://www.ams.usda.gov/about-ams/facas-advisory-councils/fviac

FRIDAY MAY 10, 2019

8:00 AM Call to order, Agenda Overview for Day 2

Darrell Hughes, FVIAC, DFO

8:05 AM

Workgroup Sessions

FVIAC members to develop agenda/objectives/start discussions for each workgroup 

10:00 AM BREAK (15 min)

10:15 AM

Continue Workgroup Sessions

11:15 AM

Workgroup Reports to Full Committee 

FVIAC Chair 

12:15 AM

Schedule Follow-Up Teleconference Workgroup Meetings + Full Committee Meeting 

Darrell Hughes, FVIAC, DFO

12:45 AM

Other Business and Closing Remarks

1:00 PM ADJOURN