Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Animal Health Pg. 2

The last meeting of the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Animal Health was held in person in Washington, DC and via public teleconference on September 7-8, 2016 9:00 AM EST - 5:00 PM EST

Primary topics for discussion included:

• Human Salmonella infections associated with live poultry contact
• Emerging diseases implementation guide
• Emerging disease response
• Comprehensive integrated animal health surveillance
• Veterinary Services stakeholder engagement
• Foot-and-mouth disease vaccine availability
• National bio and agro-defense facility update and request for input on process for identifying stakeholder priorities

Meeting Information

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• Meeting Agenda    

Status and Notice

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• Federal Register Vol. 81 No. 149 8.3.16  

Committee Documents and Meeting Presentations 

Documents for Discussion by the Committee

• NABF Update
• Emerging Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Plan
   

September 7, 2016 Topic Summaries

• Human Infections with Salmonella Associated with Contact with Live Poultry
• Overview of the “Draft Emerging Diseases Implementation Guide”
• VS stakeholder engagement with traditional and nontraditional stakeholders – What working? What could we do differently?

September 8, 2016 Topic Summaries

• National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) Update and Request for Input on Process for Stakeholder Priorities
• FMD vaccine bank update
• Maximizing the value of SACAH to Veterinary Services - how to engage the committee to solve problems

Reports

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• Recommendations        

 
Meeting Records

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Meeting Minutes

Summary meeting minutes, audio.mp3 recordings, and transcripts for 2016 are below.

•   Summary Minutes

• • February 23 – 25, 2016 Meeting summary minutes here
  • May 2, 2016 Teleconference summary minutes here
  • June 16, 2016 Teleconference summary minutes here
  • September 7 – 8, 2016 Meeting summary minutes here

•   Transcripts (written)

• • September 7, 2016
  • September 8, 2016
  • June 16, 2016
  • May 2, 2016
  • February 25, 2016
  • February 24, 2016
  • February 23, 2016

•      Audio (mp3)

• • September 7, 2016
  • September 8, 2016
  • February 25, 2016
  • February 24, 2016
  • February 23, 2016

•   Archives

• • Press Releases
  • Prior Meeting Information, Presentations and Handouts, Meeting Records, Reports
    

Contact Information

Please contact us if you have any questions:

Diane L. Sutton
Designated Federal Officer (DFO)
USDA APHIS Veterinary Services
4700 River Road Unit 43
Riverdale, MD 20737
(301) 851-3509
SACAH.Management@aphis.usda.gov

 

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