THE CONFERENCE TOOK PLACE AT THE FOUR POINTS
SHERATON HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA. An overview of the annual conference
is available below. Excellent speeches took place and the Task Forces revised
guidelines and wrote new guidelines.
| 8:00-5:00 | Conference Registration | |||||||
| 8:30-1:00 | DPC Executive Board meeting | Cameron | ||||||
| 1:00-1:45 | Welcome, Orientation & Task Force Introductions | Parlor A-B | ||||||
| 2:00-5:00 | Task Force Work Sessions | |||||||
| 5:30-7:30 |
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Atrium |
Wednesday, November 7 2007 - TASK FORCE WORK SESSIONS
| Task Force I | Farm Buildings & Equipment | Mike Brugger | |
| 2:00-5:00 | Facilities for Calves and Heifers presented by Tom Wilson, P.E. Odor Abatement on Farms presented by Karl Dymond Business Meeting Review Status of Guidelines |
Parlor A |
| Task Force II | Plant Equipment & Procedures | John Partridge | |
| 2:00-5:00 | 2:00 Overview of Guidelines in Progress and Those Needing Review 2:30 Breakout sessions for work on individual guidelines: GL 94 HACCP Monitoring Critical Control Points and Establishing Corrective Actions. Joint with Task Force IV Review Drafts and Finalize Guidelines
as needed GL 8, GL 56, GL 61, GL 62 and GL 83
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Parlor E |
| Task Force III | Laboratory & Quality Control Procedures | Jeff Bloom | |
| 2:00-5:00 | 2:00 Introduction and Review of Guidelines under Task Force III. 2:30 Work on Guidelines in Progress: GL#104 Laboratory Procedures |
Parlor D |
| Task Force IV | Regulatory Issues & HACCP | Phillip Wolff | |
| 2:00-5:00 | 2:00 Overview of Guidelines in Progress and Those Needing Review 2:30 Breakout sessions for work on individual guidelines: GL 94 HACCP Monitoring Critical Control Points and Establishing Corrective Actions. With Task Force II in Parlor E Discuss GL # 52, GL 36, GL 39, and GL 107 |
Harris |
| Task Force V | Milking Systems & Procedures | Miles Beard | |
| 2:00-5:00 | 2:00 Review Drafts and Finalize Guidelines #79, #98 Review Guidelines #48, #58, #65 Merging #48 and #65 Start Work on Guidelines for Automatic Milking Systems(robots) Possibly in Conjunction with TF I |
Parlor B |
| Task Force VI | Small Ruminants | Lynn Hinckley | |
| 2:00-5:00 | 2:00 NCIMS Small Ruminant Issues discussion: Cell Count Limits, Electronic Cell Count, Direct Cell Count, Antibiotic Residue Tests, Brucellosis Regulations |
Maclay |
| 8:00-12:00 | MORNING GENERAL SESSION | Parlor A-B |
| 8:15 | Welcome & Announcements Don Breiner, Presiding |
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| 8:30 | Raw milk quality effects on pasteurized
milk shelf life: Effects of different pasteurization temperatures on
post-pasteurization bacterial numbers Kathryn Boor |
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| 9:15 | DHS's Food Biological Agent Detection
Sensor (FBADS) Edward Rhyne |
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| 9:45 | Raising Quality Awareness on Dairy Farms Robert Nugteren |
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| 10:15 | Break – Dairy Bar |
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| 10:30 | Consumer driven milk marketing trends:
Organic/rbst free/milk from cloned/non-cloned animals Gary Wheelock |
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| 11:00 | Bulk Milk Transportation Security
Initiative. Chris Thompson |
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| 11:30 | The Future of Paperless Recording Gary Ratajczak |
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| 12:00 | AWARDS LUNCHEON & BUSINESS MEETING | Eastpark |
| 2:00–5:00 | Task Force Work Sessions | SEE SESSIONS FOR LOCATIONS |
Thursday, November 8, 2007 TASK FORCE WORK SESSIONS
| Task Force I | Farm Buildings & Equipment | Mike Brugger | |
| 2:00-5:00 | Work on Guidelines Guideline #1 Freestall Guideline Guideline 41- Milkroom and Bulk Tank Install |
Parlor A |
| Task Force II | Plant Equipment & Procedures | John Partridge | |
| 2:00–5:00 | Review Guidelines #13, #14, #29, #35, #57 and #67 |
Parlor E |
| Task Force III | Laboratory & Quality Control Procedures | Jeff Bloom | |
| 2:00-5:00 | Continue work on Guidelines from Wednesday. |
Parlor D |
| Task Force IV | Regulatory Issues & HACCP | Phillip Wolff | |
| 2:00–5:00 | Continue Work on Writing Guidelines from Wednesday
Joint with Task Force II if necessary in Parlor E
|
Harris |
| Task Force V | Milking Systems & Procedures | Miles Beard | |
| 2:00 – 5:00 | Complete work from Wednesday Session.
Continue Work on Guidelines for Automatic Milking Systems(robots)
|
Parlor B |
| Task Force VI | Small Ruminants | Lynn Hinckley | |
| 2:00-5:00 | Discussion:
|
Maclay |
Friday Morning, November 9 2007
| 8:00 | GENERAL SESSION | Parlor A |
| 8:00 | Welcome & Announcements Michael Schutz, Presiding |
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| 8:15 |
NCIMS Update Will Francis |
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| 8:45 |
Management Practices for Mycoplasma Mastitis in Dairy Herds Bhushan Jayarao |
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| 9:15 | Impact of By-product Feeds (ie: Distillers Grains) on Milk Composition and Quality Gabriella Varga |
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| 9:45 | BREAK - DAIRY BAR |
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| 10:00 | NCIMS 3rd party inspection program Ken Anderson |
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| 10:30 | The 3-A Symbol and Third Party Verification
Program |
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| 11:00 | Rise of
dried whey and how it is affecting the dairy industry in the US.
Costs, milk prices to farmers, export markets & Over View of the CWT program – “fixing
pricing or price fixing” |
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| 11:30 | Does new technology always mean a better glass of milk? |
Ken Anderson
Harold Wainess & Associates, Inc.
3335-E North Arlington
Heights Road,
Arlington Heights, IL 60004
Tel; 847-259-6400
Dr. Kathryn Boor
Professor and Chair
Food Science Department
Cornell University
116 Stocking Hall
Ithaca, NY
14853
Tel;
607-255-3111
Will Francis, Director
Milk Control and Dairy
Services
New York Department of Agriculture and Markets
10 B Airline Drive
Albany, NY 12235
Tel; 518-457-1772
Dr. Bhushan Jayarao
Extension Veterinarian/Assistant
Professor
The Department of Veterinary Science
Pennsylvania State University
115 Henning Bldg.
University Park, PA 16802
Tel; 814-863-5939
Email:bmj3@psu.edu
Robert Nugteren
General Manager Dairy
Cheq Inc.
5-60 Baffin Place
Waterloo, ON N2B 1Z7
Canada
Tel; 519-746-6150
Dr. John Partridge
Associate Professor
Department of Food Sience and Human Nutrition
Michigan
State University
2100B South Anthony Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824
Tel;
517-355-7713 x 179
Gary Ratajczak
Product Manager-Regulatory
Controls
Anderson Instrument, Co., Inc.
156 Auriesville Rd.
Fultonville,
NY 12072
Tel;
800-833-0081 x 577
Edward Rhyne
Program Manager
Chemical
and Biological R&D Section
Chemical
and Biological Division
Department of Homeland Security
Washington, DC
20528
Tel; 202-254-6121
Timothy R. Rugh
CAE Executive Director
3-A Sanitary Standards, Inc
688 Elm Street,
Suite 2D
McLean, VA 22101
Tel;
703-790-0295 x 102
Chris Thompson
Milk Program Coordinator
Division of Regulatory Services
103 Regulatory Services Bldg.
Lexington,
KY 40546
Tel; 859-257-2785 x 240
Dr. Gabriella Varga
University Distinguished
Professor of Animal Science
Penn State University
345 ASI Bldg.
University
Park, PA, 16802
Tel; 814-863-4195
Email:GVarga@psu.edu
Peter Vitaliano
Vice President
Economic
Policy and Market Research
National Milk Producers Federation
2101 Wilson
Blvd.
Suite 400
Arlington, VA 22201
Tel; 703-243-6111
Gary Wheelock
CEO
NE Dairy Promotional
Board
41 IDX Drive
Suite 221
S. Burlington, VT 05463
Tel; 802-863-5416