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2023 NEFDOA Educational Conference

The NEFDOA Annual Educational Conference is back! Join us in person at the Hotel Northampton. This year’s conference will also include the 2023 FDA Northeast Retail Food Protection Seminar and the 2023 Yankee Conference Environmental Health Track.

SAVE THE DATE:
September 19th-September 22nd
LAST DAY TO BOOK: Saturday, August 19, 2023

Location:
Hotel Northampton
36 King St, Northampton, MA
For hotel reservations call 800-547-3529
(Front Desk 413-584-3100)
Website: www.hotelnorthampton.com

AGENDA

Tuesday – September 19, 2023

6:30 – 8:00 NETWORKING RECEPTION – Grand Ball Room

“Restart, Refresh, Re-connect” – Meet & Greet with your NEFDOA, AFDO, FDA, Yankee Conference representatives and guests. Meeting to follow.

Wednesday – September 20, 2023

AM Moderator: TBD

7:30 – 8:30 Conference Registration

8:30 – 9:30 Welcome/Introductory Remarks

                      Mike Moore, Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health

                      Frank Greene, President, NEFDOA

                      Liz O’Malley, Director, Retail Food Protection Branch 1

9:30 – 9:50 Ronald Pace (invited), Division Director, FDA Office of Human & Animal Foods Operations, East Division 1

   9:50-10:15 Tom Collaro, USDA – Food Safety & Inspection Service, Update

10:15 – 10:30 Break

10:30 – 11:00 Retail Flexible Funding Model:  Barbara Kitay, FDA Office of Partnerships

10:50 – 11:30  Food Code Update, CFSAN (Iinvited)

11:30 – 1:00 Lunch (on your own)

12:00 – 5:00 SILENT AUCTION OPENS – Atrium

1:00 – 1:45 Jayne Smith:  Collaboration and

                      Leveraging Resources to impact Food Safety Regionally

1:45 – 2:15   Conference for Food Protection National Process, Local Impact:  Mike Pascucilla

2:15 – 2:30  Break

2:30 – 3:30  Conference for Food Protection, A Way to Make Meaningful Change:  Heather Sanders3:30 – 4:45   DPH Office of Local and Regional Health – Sam or Erica/Mark2 speakers TB4:45 – 5:00    Closing Remarks

4:45 – 5:00 SILENT AUCTION CLOSES FOR THE DAY!

Dinner (on your own)

Thursday – September 21, 2023

AM Moderator: TBD

8:00 – 8:15 Conference Registration

8:00 – 5:00 SILENT AUCTION OPENS!

8:30 – 9:15 Plan Review for Regulators – Lisa Berger  CAN’T Present Sypce due to signed NDA

9:00 – 9:45 Pam Oganowski FDA and Frank Greene:  Recall Integration Partners

9:45 – 10:00 Break

1000 – 10:45 Food Code Toolkit-Laura Wildey

10:45 – 11:30 Cindy Costa, Statewide Standardization Implementation:  Challenges & 

                          Opportunities

11:30 – 1:00    Lunch (on your own)

PM Moderator:

1:00 – 1:30 Foodshield    Resource Center—tie into locals;  how did locals use it—tie to PS

1:30 – 1:50   Deirdra Holloway, FDA OTED

1:50-2:30  FBIO Response:  Oli Beaumont, NH Department of Health & Human Services

2:30 – 2:45 Break

2:45 – 4:00 Steve Mandernach, AFDO Executive Director

SILENT AUCTION CLOSES at 5:00 pm YOU MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN YOUR BID ITEMS

6:00 – 9:00 Networking Reception & Awards Banquet

Friday – September 22, 2023

AM Moderator:  TBD

8:30 – 9:15  

9:15 – 10:00 Annie Fitzgerald, NECAFS, The Professor’s Food Safety Toolkit’-small processor10:00 – 10:15 Break

10:15 – 11:00 Manufactured Track:  MFRPS/Contract Review – MFRP contracted states

                             Retail Track:  Topic and Speaker?  State Reports?/Panel discussion?

11:00 – 11:45 NEFDOA Annual Business Meeting

THANK YOU FOR COMING, HAVE SAFE TRAVELS HOME!

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