These sessions will allow workshop participants to share their responses to and concerns about a specific food safety issue relevant to the food retail and foodservice industry. Concensus recommendations will be defined by each breakout session group and presented on the final day and in the proceedings. The meeting is sponsored in cooperation with North Carolina State University, Purdue University, University of Arkansas, University of California-Davis, University of Connecticut, University of Maryland and University of Minnesota. It also permits up to 1,000 tests a day on dead cattle by a team of four scientists. The results from this verification activity will ensure that the carcasses selected by Canadian inspectors are representative of the entire shipment.
Every shipment has a random chance of being reinspected.
If verification procedures show the samples selected by the Canadian inspector are not representative of the entire shipment, FSIS will take regulatory action, which includes the possibility of refusing shipments from a Canadian plant. The hotel is located just above beltway, across the street from the National Agricultural Library. A copy of the proceedings and some meal functions are included in the registration. These sessions will allow workshop participants to share their responses to and concerns about a specific food safety issue relevant to the food retail and foodservice industry. Concensus recommendations will be defined by each breakout session group and presented on the final day and in the proceedings.