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POSTPONED: February Biomed/Biotech SIG Meeting
Where
Kelly's Deli Conference Center
Next to the entrance to 7519 Standish Drive
FDA/CVM Center
Rockville, Maryland 20855
When
Feb 25, 2010
6:00 pm - 9:15 pm
**POSTPONED Due To Poor Weather Forecast in Region**
“Prion Diseases and FDA's Animal
Feed Regulations
to Prevent the Spread of
BSE in the US Cattle
Population”
Presented by
Burt Pritchett, DVM,
MS
Veterinary Medical
Officer
Division of Animal Feeds, Office of
Surveillance and Compliance
Centers for
Veterinary Medicine (CVM), FDA
“Inspections, Compliance, and
Quality Implementation
of A New BSE
Rule”
Presented by
Shannon Jordre,
BS’
Consumer Safety
Officer
Division of Compliance, Office of
Surveillance and Compliance
Centers for
Veterinary Medicine (CVM), FDA
Thursday, February 25, 2010
6:00 - 6:20 PM – Networking and
Pizza and soft drink with a door prize
6:20
– 9:00 PM – Program (a break at 7:40
pm)
9:00 – 9:15 PM – Door-prize drawing and
networking
Open to the public. Free to ASQ members. Non-members $5.00
Location:
Kelly’s Deli Conference Center, 7519
Standish Place, Rockville, MD 20855
Driving
directions:
From I-270 (N or S bound):
Take Exit 9A and exit from the first
right exit.
Turn left (east) onto Shady
Grove Dr.
Turn right (south) onto Rockville
Pike (Route 355).
Turn left (east) onto East
Gude Dr.
Turn left (north) immediately onto
Crabb's Branch Dr.
Turn left (west)
immediately onto Standish Place.
(The first
building on your right side is 7519 Standish
Place; open parking)
The conference room is
on the first floor with its entrance opposite
to the left side of building main
entrance.
Registration:
For headcount purpose, please register by
Thursday noon, February 25, 2010.
Registration
Website: Event Postponed to
March.
For registration problems
or further information contact Dr. George
Chang, Co-Chair of Biomed/Biotech SIG, at gchang2008@yahoo.com
or call 240-793-8425.
Presentation
Summaries:
Prion Diseases and FDA’s
Animal Feed Regulations to Prevent the Spread
of BSE in the U.S. Cattle
Population
According to the prion protein
hypothesis, the causative agents of all
transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
(TSEs) are abnormal isoforms of the prion
protein, a protein that occurs normally in
vertebrates and found at highest levels in
nervous tissues. Bovine spongiform
encephalopathy (BSE; mad cow disease) is a
feed-borne disease of cattle that is
perpetuated by recycling animal protein in feed
for livestock, poultry, and pets. Center
for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) of FDA, having
regulatory authority over animal feeds, plays
an important role in establishing the series of
control measures needed to prevent cattle and
human exposure to the BSE
agent.
Inspections, Compliance, and Quality
Implementation of A New BSE Rule
The
inspection program nationwide, the current
state of compliance with the regulations in US,
and how FDA implements the new BSE rule will be
discussed.
Speakers'
Biographies:
Burt Pritchett, DVM,
MS
Dr. Burt Pritchett is a Veterinary
Medical Officer in the Division of Animal Feeds
at FDA/CVM. Since he joined CVM in February
2000, he has been responsible for providing
scientific and technical support for CVM’s
activities related to animal feed controls for
the prevention of TSE diseases. Dr.
Pritchett was a veterinarian in private equine
and mixed animal practices in California and
Pennsylvania before joining the U.S. Department
of Agriculture (USDA). From 1991 until
2000, Dr. Pritchett served as a Veterinary
Medical Officer in the Epidemiology and
Emergency Programs Staff, and the Office of
Public Health and Science, at USDA’s Food
Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS),
Washington, DC.
Dr. Pritchett earned his Bachelors of Science and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degrees from Oklahoma State University, and a Masters in Computer and Information Science degree from Hood College. Dr. Pritchett currently lives in Frederick, MD, and likes to play tennis and to run.
Shannon Jordre, BS'
Shannon
Jordre works as a Consumer Safety Officer in
FDA/CVM’s Division of Compliance and manages
for FDA the BSE Compliance Program which
includes coordinating work planning,
inspections, training and enforcement.
Shannon has been at CVM over 7 years and has
spent most of his time focused on animal feed
regulations. Prior to coming to FDA, he
spent 12 years with the South Dakota Department
of Agriculture as a state feed regulatory
official. He has also worked as a feed
chemist at South Dakota State University in
Brookings, South Dakota, and as a lab
technician doing animal nutrition research at
the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center in Clay
Center, Nebraska. In summary, he has
worked on the government side of animal
nutrition, in research, feed analysis and
regulation since 1985. Shannon was a past
President for the Association of American Feed
Control Officials (AAFCO) and has been serving
as Chairs and/or Members for a few AAFCO
committees.
Shannon is a graduate of South
Dakota State University with BS degrees in both
Microbiology and Biology, a minor in Chemistry,
with additional coursework in agriculture,
environmental management, and education.
He currently lives in Frederick, MD with his
wife and two sons; he likes to run, ride his
bicycle, go fishing, and read.