Summary of 2023 NECAFS Annual Conference and Meeting - Hartford, CT
The 2023 NECAFS Annual Conference and Meeting was held in Hartford, CT, January 18th & 19th. The agenda and meeting materials are provided below.
Summary Evaluation Report for 2023 NECAFS Annual Conference and Meeting
NE Regulator and Program Staff Meeting Agenda
Produce Safety Workgroup Meeting Agenda
Preventive Controls Workgroup Meeting Agenda
Date | Session | Materials |
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Jan. 18, 2023 | Welcome and Plenary Session | NECAFS Background & History, Current Work Plan, and Connection to Past Annual Meetings and to the current work of THIS YEAR’s Annual Meeting (Slides)
State Department of Agriculture Introductions Lightning round of overview from State Produce Safety Programs (Slides)
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| Educators Meeting | Federal Updates FDA Produce Safety Network
USDA Food Safety Outreach Program
Produce Safety Alliance
Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance
FDA Preventive Controls
Presentation: Educational Projects with Unique Approaches Sanitizing and Cleaning Resources for Your Business (SCRUB)
Experiential Learning Opportunities for Limited Resource Growers through Mobile Farm Innovation in Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia
Development of an alternative FSMA compliant produce safety curriculum for plain sect and other smaller fresh produce growers
Educational Barriers of Producers and Processors On-Farm Produce Safety: A Review of Needs Assessments of Small- and Medium-Sized Growers in the United States
Understanding the Food Safety Needs of Small and Very Small Processors in the Northeast United States: A Food Safety Communicator Perspective
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Jan. 19, 2023 | Plenary Session | Breakfast and Education Introductions Lightning round of introductions from extension and community-based organizations (Slides)
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Produce Safety Workgroup Meeting | Regulatory Findings Summary of Regional 2022 Inspectional Observational Data
Roll out of Harvest/Postharvest Water Educational Inspections and Proposed Agricultural Water Preharvest Rule
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Preventive Controls for Human Food Workgroup Meeting | Processors’ Food Safety Toolkit Overview and early usage trends
Regional PCHF Course Evaluation Tool Launch of regionally developed tool to collect PCHF evaluation and processor educational needs data
Exploring Projects with Creative Approach to Implementation and Their Successes Improving the Development of Food Safety Plans through the Advanced Preventive Controls School Initiative
Development and Implementation of a Hands-on Food Safety and Regulatory Curriculum for Members of Shared-use Commercial Kitchens in Florida
Building Capacity: Customized Food Safety Educaiton and Outreach in Rhode Island
Food Safety Management and Document Development for PCHF Rule Qualified Exemption-Eligible Food Facilities
Multi-Modal Dairy Food Safety Plan Education to Support Small and Medium Dairy Producers
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Session Video Recordings
All videos from the meeting are available on the NECAFS YouTube channel.
Summary of 2022 NECAFS Annual Conference and Meeting - Virtual
The 2022 NECAFS Annual Conference and Meeting was held jointly virtually, January 18th, 19th, & 20th, jointly with the Northeast Regulator One-Day Working Meeting. The agenda and meeting materials are provided below.
Summary Evaluation Report for 2022 NECAFS Annual Conference and Meeting
Date | Session | Materials |
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Jan. 18, 2022 | Regulator One Day Meeting | Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Drafting a Memorandum of Understanding Between States and Lead State Determination Tool Development
Breakout Group Sessions
Summary of Regional Misunderstanding and Noncompliance Issues Observed During Inspections
NASDA Update Presentation
FDA Presentation – Office of Regulatory Affairs and State Field Work
Breakout Group Session by Authority
Closing Remarks
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Jan. 19, 2022 | Welcome and Plenary Session | NECAFS Background & History, Current Work Plan, and Connection to Past Annual Meetings and to the current work of THIS YEAR’s Annual Meeting (Slides)
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Produce Safety Workgroup Meeting | Welcome and Review Group’s Previous Discussion Recap of 2021 Produce Safety Workgroup discussion and NECAFS activities (Slides)
Regional Consolidation of Inspectional Observations (Slides)
Initiatives to Address Worker Training in 2021 (Slides)
Regulatory Overview of Worker Training
Inspector Panel - Articulation of Worker Trainings Issues Seen On-Farm across Northeast
Breakout Group Sessions
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Preventive Controls for Human Food Workgroup Meeting | State Preventive Controls for Human Food Inspector Panel Roll out of Preventive Controls inspections, what they are seeing on the ground, areas of noncompliance and misunderstanding
Snapshot of Food Processing and Safety in the Northeast (Slides)
Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance Update General FSPCA Updates (Slides)
FSPCA Curriculum Update
Working Group Introduction and Updates (Slides)
Evaluation subgroup update
Resources subgroup update
Awareness subgroup update
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Jan. 20, 2022 | Plenary Session | FDA CFSAN Northeast Update (Slides)
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Produce Safety Workgroup Meeting | Bridging the Gap between Research and Application Summary Overview of NECAFS Work (Slides)
Risk-Based Thinking and Applying Process to Example Scenario
Breakout Group Sessions (Slides)
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Preventive Controls for Human Food Workgroup Meeting | Needs Assessment, Review of findings
Discuss current workgroup activities, needs, new activities, and structural changes
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Session Video Recordings
All videos from the meeting are available on the NECAFS YouTube channel.
Summary of 2021 NECAFS Annual Conference and Meeting - Virtual
The 2021 NECAFS Annual Conference and Meeting was held jointly virtually, February 16th, 17th, & 18th, jointly with the Northeast Regulator One-Day Working Meeting. The agenda and meeting materials are provided below.
Summary Evaluation Report for 2021 NECAFS Annual Conference and Meeting
Date | Session | Materials |
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Feb. 16, 2021 | Regulator One Day Meeting | Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Mandatory Farm Registration
Group Exercise and Break Outs on Topics where Guidance is Lacking
Program Standards
Research and Education Needs
Concurrent Meetings
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Feb. 17, 2021 | Welcome and Plenary Session | Summary of next steps articulated at past Annual Meetings, NECAFS 2020 project outputs and collaboration exercises
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Produce Safety Workgroup Meeting | Welcome and Review Group’s Previous Discussion
Review of audit data from USDA
Report-out from regulator one-day working meeting, a consolidation of inspectional observations from across the region
Break Outs Groups
Break Out Groups
Break Out Groups
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Preventive Controls for Human Food Workgroup Meeting | General FSPCA Updates
FDA Update: Overview and description of PC inspectional roll-out in the Northeast
PC Needs Assessment: Review of findings and gaps in data
Review of PC Sub-group Goals
Supgroup Updates | |
Feb. 18, 2021 | Federal Updates | FDA CFSAN Northeast Update
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Session Video Recordings
All videos from the meeting are available on the NECAFS YouTube channel.
Summary of 2020 NECAFS Annual Conference and Meeting - Philadelphia, PA
The 2020 NECAFS Annual Conference and Meeting was held February 10-12 in Philadelphia, PA, jointly with the Northeast Region Produce Safety Workgroup. The agenda and meeting materials are provided below.
Summary Evaluation Report of 2020 Annual Conference and Meeting
Date | Session | Materials |
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Feb. 11, 2020 | Breakfast and Welcome Remarks |
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Welcome and Plenary Session | Summary of next steps articulated at past Annual Meetings, NECAFS 2019 project outputs and collaboration exercises
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Project Updates from the Region | Summary of projects across the region Project specific presentations
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Produce Safety Workgroup Meeting | Produce Safety Alliance Update
Summary of On-Farm Readiness Review Evaluations
Growers Perspective – OFRR and Farm Inspections
Produce Safety Research Consortium
Group Discussion
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Preventive Controls for Human Food Workgroup Meeting | Needs Assessment Review and Summary Results
FDA Update
FSPCA Update
Supgroup Updates | |
Feb. 12, 2020 | Federal Updates |
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Produce Safety Needs Assessment Workgroup Meeting | Summary of Local Food Safety Collaborative Needs Assessment Survey Report
NECAFS Food Safety Needs Assessment Systematic Review
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Buyer Workgroup Meeting | Welcome and Introduction to Meeting and Review of 2019 Albany Meeting and Developing a Handbook of Produce Safety Standards for Buyers
Vermont Produce Program: Buyer Outreach Initiative Development of State Implementation Matrix
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Session Video Recordings
All videos from the meeting are available on the NECAFS YouTube channel.
Summary of 2019 NECAFS Annual Conference and Meeting - Albany, NY
The 2019 NECAFS Annual Conference and Meeting was held February 4-6 in Albany, NY, jointly with the Northeast Region Produce Safety Workgroup. The agenda and meeting materials are provided below.
Summary Report of 2019 Annual Conference and Meeting Evaluations
Date / Time | Session | Materials |
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February 4 | Welcome Reception | None |
February 5 | Plenary | NECAFS Highlights, Look Ahead, and Meeting Expectations - C. Callahan |
State and Regional Updates | Summary of Regional State Updates (Report) - E. Newbold | |
Project Specific Presentations Rhode Island - L. Pivarnik, S. McCormick, A. Fraser National Young Farmers Coalition - C. Fraver - Slides Cornell Cooperative Extention - B. Williams Penn State Extention - M. Gorgo-Gourovitch Notes (included in State and Regional Update notes) | ||
Produce Safety Workgroup | ||
Regulatory Focus Agenda | ||
Preventive Controls for Human Food Workgroup | Slides | |
February 6 | Federal Updates | FDA Updates - S. Hughes USDA AMS Updates - K. Peterson USDA NIFA Updates - J. Williams |
Buyer Workgroup | ||
Educational Approaches to Training Delivery | ||
Summary of Workgroup Outputs and Next Steps | Notes |
Highlight Video
Summary of 2018 NECAFS Annual Conference and Meeting - Baltimore, MD
The 2018 NECAFS Annual Conference and Meeting was held Jan. 23-25 in Baltimore, MD, held jointly with the Northeast Region Produce Safety Workgroup. Agenda for the Conference and Meeting included:
Tuesday, January 23rd
- Focused meeting day, in two parallel tracks, dedicated to:
- Produce Safety, and
- Preventive Controls for Human Food
Wednesday, January 24th
- Joint conference session:
- Keynote speaker
- Updates from each state regulatory, research and extension
- Three panel sessions featuring producers, processors and buyers.
Wednesday Evening, January 24th
- Poster session that
- Highlighted poster presentations on extension, education and outreach activities across the region
Thursday, January 25th
- NECAFS Steering Team Meeting
Evaluation from 2018 Annual Conference and Meeting
Attendees at the 2018 NECAFS Annual Conference and Meeting completed program evaluations. This evaluation asked questions about the Annual Conference and Meeting as well as overall NECAFS programming. Please download the full report here.
Video from 2018 Annual Conference and Meeting
All videos from the meeting are available on the NECAFS YouTube channel.
Summary of 2017 NECAFS Annual Conference and Meeting - Boston, MA
The 2017 NECAFS Annual Conference and Meeting was held January 10, 2017 in Boston, MA. Below is a full summary report and presenations from the meeting.