Michigan’s Food & Agriculture Border Gateway Summit was a one day seminar held on January 16, 2008, at Oakland Community College on the state of imported food and agricultural products.  The Federal agencies responsible for the varied components of protecting food and agriculture provided information about current challenges and future trends, and attendees from local, state, and federal agencies as well as Canadian officials and the private sector interacted and gained a better understanding of risks, consequences, and opportunities to protect the food and agriculture sector and the public health.

Below is the agenda followed by links to the presentations given at the Border Gateway Summit.

AGENDA

• Opening Remarks:  Joann Givens, FDA District Director;
  Robert Noble, Canadian Consul General,
  Brad Deacon, Michigan Department of Agriculture
  
  
• Food & Agriculture – National Critical Infrastructure:
  General Michael McDaniel, Homeland Security Advisor
  
  
• Overview of Threats, Vulnerabilities, Risks & Consequences:  
  Mark Davidson, Federal Bureau of Investigation
  
  
• Department of Homeland Security – Customs and Border
  Protection role & concerns:  Joseph Diego, DHS-CBP
  
  
• FDA – Prior Notice & Entry Review
  Dominic Veneziano, FDA
  
  
• Food Defense Surveillance Project – National, State & Local
  Experience:   Joann Givens, FDA; Byron Beerbower,
  Michigan Dept. of Agriculture; Terri Rose, Oakland County Health Division
  
  
• USDA & Imports – Plants, Pests, Animals, & Food Issues:
  Jamie Berlowitz, Smuggling Interdiction and Trade Compliance,
  Deborah Curtis, Food Safety Inspection Service
  
  
• Canadian Perspectives – Import & Export issues
  Murray Pink and Howard Stanley, Canadian Food Inspection Agency
  
  
• State Collaboration – Multi-State Truck Project
  Gerald Wojtala, Michigan Dept. of Agriculture
  
  
• Panel Discussion: My Products Have Been Sampled or Recalled – Now What?
  Joseph Diego, DHS-CBP
  Louis Leny, USDA-FSIS
  John Klemmer, FDA
  Sandra Williams, FDA
  Gerald Wojtala, Michigan Dept. of Agriculture

Presentation materials from the summit are found below along with additional presentations that may be of interest:

• National Critical Infrastructure: General Michael McDaniel, Homeland Security Advisor
  
  
• Customs and Border Protection role & concerns:  Joseph Diego, DHS-CBP
  
  
• Prior Notice & Entry Review: Dominic Veneziano, FDA
  
  
• Food Defense Surveillance Project – National, State & Local Experience: Byron Beerbower, MDA
  
  
• USDA & Imports – Plants, Pests, Animals, & Food Issues:
  
  
• Smuggling Interdiction and Trade Compliance: Jamie Berlowitz
  
  
• Food Safety Inspection Service: Deborah Curtis
  
  
• Canadian Perspectives – Import & Export issues: Murray Pink and Howard Stanley, Canadian Food Inspection Agency
  
  
• State Collaboration – Multi-State Truck Project: Gerald Wojtala, MDA
  
  
• Common Problems with FDA Entries along the Northern/Canadian Border
  
  
• Food Entry Review
  
  
• FDA Import Alerts