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Minnesota Food Safety and Defense Task Force Meetings
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NEXT REGULAR MEETING:
May 21, 2024 from 1:30 – 3:30 PM
Attend the May 21 meeting using Microsoft Teams
Or you can call in via audio conference (sorry, this is not a toll-free line) by calling: +1-651-395-7448
Phone Conference ID: 117 029 131#
Individuals with a disability who need a reasonable accommodation to participate in this event please contact Natasha Hedin at 612-247-5888 or through the Minnesota Relay Service at 711 as soon as possible.
Meeting Dates and Agendas
- November 19, 2024
- September 17, 2024
- July 16, 2024
- May 21, 2024
- March 12, 2024
- January 16, 2024
Meeting Minutes
- March
- Topics included:
- Small School, Big Challenges – balancing funding, nutrition, food access, and food safety needs from a charter school perspective
- Task Force Administrative Updates
- Controlling Contaminants During Construction Partnership
- Topics included:
- January
- Topics included:
- Minnesota Department of Agriculture 2023 Rapid Response Team Summary
- Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Update
- Office of Cannabis Management Rulemaking Update
- Topics included:
NEXT REGULAR MEETING: January 16, 2024 from 1:30 – 3:30 PM
Attend the January 16 meeting using Microsoft Teams
Or you can call in via audio conference (sorry, this is not a toll-free line) by calling: +1-651-395-7448
Phone Conference ID: 117 029 131#
Individuals with a disability who need a reasonable accommodation to participate in this event please contact Natasha Hedin at 612-247-5888 or through the Minnesota Relay Service at 711 as soon as possible.
Meeting Dates and Agendas
Meeting Minutes
- November
- Topics included:
- National Organic Program – Strengthening Organic Enforcement Overview
- Training Discussion
- Member Update – University of Minnesota Extension
- Topics included:
- September
- Topics included:
- Oversight of Animal Cell Cultured Foods
- Training Discussion
- Sharing of New Guidance Documents and Resources
- Topics included:
- July
- Topics included:
- Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) Legislative Update
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and MDA Partnership Agreement
- Are we focusing on risk? Insights from the Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) Retail Data Analytics project
- Topics included:
- May
- Topics included:
- Food Industry Trends – The Acheson Group
- Grant Application Update (RFA-RD-23-027)
- Member Update – Minnesota Farm Bureau
- Topics included:
- January
- Topics included:
- Food Traceability Final Rule: Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods
- MDH Foodborne Outbreak Response
- Government Transparency Requirements
- Topics included:
Meeting Dates and Agendas
Meeting Minutes
- January
- Topics included:
- Grant Deliverables Discussion
- Member Update – The Acheson Group
- Food Innovation Team Updates
- Decree 248 – China’s Facility Registration Requirements
- Topics included:
- May
- Topics included:
- FSIS Multi-Year Consumer Research Project
- Member Update – FDA
- Hennepin County Climate Action Plan
- Topics included:
- July
- Topics included:
- RRT Environmental Assessment Investigation
- HPAI Response Update
- Training Discussion
- Food Innovation Team Update
- Topics included:
- September
- Topics included:
- Food Innovation Team Updates and Document Voting
- Terms of Reference Voting
- Edible Cannabinoid Product Update
- AFDO Translations Project Update
- Topics included:
- November
- Topics included:
- National Voluntary Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards Update
- MDA Rapid Response Team Update
- Food Innovation Team Report
- IFPTI Fellowship in Food Protection: Tribal-State Relations within Minnesota’s Food and Agricultural Landscape Project
- Topics included:
Meeting Dates and Agendas
Meeting Minutes
- November
- Topics included:
- Minnesota Department of Agriculture – Manufactured Food Program FSMA Outreach Needs Assessment Survey Results
- Member Update – Ecolab
- FDA E-Commerce Summit
- Food Innovation Team Updates
- Topics included:
- September
- Topics included:
- Minnesota Department of Health – COVID-19 Update – State of the Pandemic
- Minnesota Department of Agriculture – FSDTF Reground and Looking Ahead
- Food Innovation Team Updates
- Traceability Training Update
- Topics included:
- July
- Topics included:
- Minnesota Department of Agriculture Updates
- Cottage Food Law Changes
- Hemp in Food FAQ
- Member Update – Wholesale Produce Supply
- Food Innovation Team Updates
- Training Updates
- Minnesota Department of Agriculture Updates
- Topics included:
- May
- Topics included:
- Member Update – Rossman Farms
- Proposed Traceability Rule – Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN)
- Terms of Reference Update
- Announcements
- Topics included:
- January
- Topics included:
- Minnesota Cottage Food Producers Association (MNCFPA) Updates
- Minnesota’s Rapid Response Team (RRT) Response to COVID-19
- Food Innovation Team Updates
- Member Update – Hennepin County Environmental Health
- Topics included:
Meeting Dates
- November 19, 2020
- September 15, 2020
- July 20, 2020
- May 19, 2020
- March 5, 2020
Agendas
Minutes
- November –
- Topics included:
- Training Recommendation and Membership Vote
- Minnesota Turkey Growers Association Presentation
- Emerging Issues in Global Food Safety Presentation
- Topics included:
- September
- Topics included:
- Food Innovation Team Updates & New Membership
- Training Discussion
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Survey Results
- AFDO Virtual Audit Framework
- Topics included:
- July –
- Topics included:
- Membership Introductions
- Terms of Reference
- New Era for Smarter Food Safety
- Training Discussion
- Topics included:
- May –
- Topics included:
- Minnesota Department of Agriculture, Food and Feed Safety Division Updates
- Minnesota Department of Health, Food, Pools and Lodging Services Updates
- Food Innovation Team Subcommittee Update
- FSDTF Membership Update
- Topics included:
- March
- Topics included:
- Rapid Response Team Face-to-Face Update
- FSDTF Membership Update
- AFDO Recall Workgroup
- Conference for Food Protection
- Food Innovation Team Year in Review Report
- Cottage Food Producers Association
- Topics included:
Meeting Dates
- January 15, 2019
- March 19, 2019
- May 21, 2019
- July 16, 2019
- September 16, 2019
- November 12, 2019
Agendas
Minutes
- January
- Topics included:
- FDA Flexible Funding Model Grant Training Discussion
- Task Force Member Update
- Open Meeting Law Overview
- Food Innovation Team Subcommittee Updates
- Topics included:
- March
- Topics included:
- USDA-FSIS Regulatory Update
- Task Force Member Update
- Food Innovation Team Subcommittee Updates
- Legislative Updates from MDA and MDH
- Topics included:
- May
- Topics included:
- Task Force Member Update
- Food Innovation Team Subcommittee Updates
- Terms of Reference Review
- Training Discussion
- Foodborne Illness Outbreak
- Legislative Updates from MDA and MDH
- Topics included:
- July
- Topics included:
- Task Force Member Update
- Food Innovation Team Subcommittee Updates
- Training Discussion
- Terms of Reference Discussion
- Topics included:
- September
- Topics included:
- Task Force Member Update
- Food Innovation Team Subcommittee Updates
- Terms of Reference Vote
- Food Donation – Industry and Regulatory Perspective
- Legislative Updates from MDA
- Topics included:
- November
- Topics included:
- Hemp and CBD Food Landscape Report
- Cannabis and CBD Regulatory Update -FDA
- CBD Regulatory Update – MDA
- CBD Regulatory Update – MDH
- Food Chemical Safety Committee IAFP Submission
- Food Innovation Team Subcommittee Updates
- Topics included: