Food Protection Taskforce Webcast 12/01/2010

Food Protection Taskforce Webcast
December 2, 2010 (Thursday) at 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. ET


Please join FDA’s Division of Federal-State Relations on Thursday, December 2, 2010, from 2:00-3:30 pm EST as we host our first live webcast concerning the Food Protection Taskforces.

The Food Protection Taskforce Conference Grant program, funded by the Division of Federal-State Relations, supports meetings that foster communication, cooperation, and collaboration among all stakeholders of the food protection system: regulatory agencies, academia, industry, consumers, state legislators, boards of health and agriculture, in an effort to enhance food safety and defense capabilities. Twenty-seven states currently receive the grant award up to $10,000.

Participants will include the Associate Commissioner for Regulatory Affairs, Dara Corrigan, Joe Reardon, Director, Division of Federal-State Relations, and Mike Taylor, Deputy Commissioner for Foods. This webcast will also feature representatives of Food Protection Taskforces from Michigan, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Indiana who will discuss topics including, but not limited to:

· Value and effectiveness of Taskforces within food safety system

· Structure; how to market and promote membership of Taskforces

· Expectations of the Taskforce and its members

To participate in the webcast, follow the link: Taskforce Webcast. (Please note this link will only be live 30 minutes prior to 2:00 PM EST on December 2.) For Closed Captioning, click on the link in the upper right hand corner. For those unable to watch the event live, it will also be recorded and made available for viewing on the Internet at a later date.

If you are unable to view the Webcast via the Internet, there are a limited number of phone lines set up where you will be in listening mode only. Call-in number: Toll Free: 1-888-843-6167, Participant Passcode: 6328674, then press the # key. You may email your questions to: tvquestion@cdrh.fda.gov.

For technical assistance during the Webcast, please call: 1-888-626-8730.

For questions, contact: catherine.mcdermott@fda.hhs.gov.

Below are the system requirements for the best presentation viewing experience. We urge that everyone visit the "test link" below prior to December 2 to ensure their computer is capable of viewing the webcast.

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Mediasite Requirements:

Test Link: http://fda.yorkcast.com/webcast/Viewer/?peid=923be54452164da89862c1e41bfaa042The following system requirements for the best presentation viewing experience with Mediasite Viewer:

Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, or Windows Vista
Minimum display resolution of 800 x 600
Windows-compatible sound card
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 and later
Windows Media Player 9.0 and later
Broadband Internet connection (256k minimum)
Java versions 1.2 and later (for captioning)