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How Do We Currently Allocate Food Safety Resources In Relation to Risk?
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| 7:30-8:30 a.m. |
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Registration & Continental Breakfast
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| 8:30-8:40 a.m. |
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Welcome
Paul Portney (President, Resources For the Future)
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| 8:40-9:00 a.m. |
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Conference Purpose and Overview
Mike Taylor (Resources for the Future)
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| 9:00-9:30 a.m. |
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Opening Remarks
Bernard A. Schwetz (Acting Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration)Thomas J. Billy (Administrator, Food Safety and Inspection Service)
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| 9:30-10:00 a.m. |
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Current Regulatory Structure
Richard Merrill (University of Virginia School of Law)
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| 10:00-10:15 a.m. |
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Question and Answer
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| 10:15-10:30 a.m. |
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BREAK
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| 10:30-11:30 a.m. |
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Potential Health Hazards in the Food Supply
Microbial/Biological Hazards
Robert Tauxe (National Center for Infectious Disease, Centers for Disease Control)
Chemical and Other Hazards
Penny Fenner-Crisp (Risk Science Institute, International Life
Sciences Institute)
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| 11:30 a.m.- 12:00 |
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Questions and Answers
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| 12:00-1:00 p.m. |
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LUNCH
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| 1:00-1:30 p.m. |
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Government Expenditures on Food Safety Regulation
Lawrence Dyckman (Director, Food and Agriculture Issues, Government Accounting Office)
See a GAO report on food safety expenditures.
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| 1:30-2:00 p.m. |
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The Cost of Industry Compliance
Laurian Unnevehr (College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Helen Jensen (Department of Economics, Iowa State University)
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| 2:00-2:15 p.m. |
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Questions and Answers
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| 2:15-2:45 p.m. |
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How People Value Food Safety
Elise Golan and others (USDA Economic Research Service)
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| 2:45-3:00 p.m. |
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Questions and Answers
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| 3:00-3:15 p.m. |
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BREAK
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| 3:15-4:15 p.m. |
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Opportunities for More Effective Risk Reduction
Glenn Morris (University of Maryland Medical School)
Julie Caswell (University of Massachusetts)
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| 4:15 - 4:45 p.m. |
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Panel Discussion
Steve Crutchfield (USDA Economic Research Service)
Caroline Smith DeWaal (Center for Science in the Public Interest)
Tony Hepton (Dole Food Company, Inc.)
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| 4:45-5:15 p.m. |
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Open Discussion
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| 5:15-5:30 p.m. |
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Summary and Closing
Mike Taylor (Resources for the Future)
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| 5:30-6:30 p.m. |
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Reception
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Thursday, May 24
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Day 2
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Improving Methods to Inform Risk-Based Priority Setting
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| 8:00-8:45 a.m. |
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Registration & Continental Breakfast
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| 9:00-9:15 a.m. |
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Welcome and Overview of Day 2
Sandra Hoffmann (Resources for the Future)
The Importance of Risk-Based Approaches to Priority Setting
Mike Taylor (Resources for the Future)
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I. Risk Assessment Issues Affecting Risk-Based Priority Setting
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| 9:15-9:55 a.m. |
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The State of Risk Assessment Methodology
Miccrobial Risk Assessment
Robert Buchanan (Food and Drug Administration)
Chemical and Biological Risk Assessment
Harold Zenick (Environmental Protection Agency)
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| 9:55-10:15 a.m. |
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Discussants:
Joseph Rodricks (Environ International Corporation)
I. Kaye Wachsmuth (Food Safety and Inspection Service)
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| 10:15-10:30 a.m. |
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BREAK
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II. Informing Risk-Based Priority Setting: Current Methods and Research Needs
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| 10:30-11:00 a.m. |
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Comparative Risk Assessment
Paul Fischbeck (The Environmental Institute, Carnegie Mellon University)
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| 11:00-11:20 a.m. |
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Discussants:
Donald Barnes (Environmental Protection Agency)
Stuart Sessions (Environomics)
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| 11:20-11:50 a.m. |
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General Discussion
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| 12:00-1:00 p.m. |
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LUNCH
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| 1:00-1:30 p.m. |
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Using Quality-Adjusted Life Years in the Evaluation of Food Safety Priorities
Milton Weinstein (Harvard Center for Risk Analysis)
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| 1:30-1:50 p.m. |
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Discussants:
Richard Williams (Food and Drug Administration)
Anne Haddix (Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University)
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| 1:50-2:20 p.m. |
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General Discussion
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| 2:20-2:35 p.m. |
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BREAK
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| 2:35-3:05 p.m. |
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Willingness to Pay Measures
Jim Hammitt (Harvard Center for Risk Analysis)
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| 3:05-3:25 p.m. |
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Discussants:
Maureen Cropper (College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Maryland and World Bank)
Kerry Smith (College of Agriculture and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University)
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| 3:25-3:55 p.m. |
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General Discussion
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III. Where Do We Go from Here?
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| 3:55-4:25 p.m. |
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Round Table Discussion (presenters and discussants)
Moderator: Jerry Gillespie (Joint Institute for Food Safety Research)
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| 4:25-4:55 p.m. |
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General Discussion
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| 4:55-5:10 p.m. |
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Summary of the Day
Sandra Hoffmann (Resources for the Future)
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