IAFP Timely Topics Symposium - Raw Milk Consumption: An Emerging Public Health Threat?

Program

8:00 AM Registration & continental breakfast

9:00 AM Introduction to IAFP - J. Stan Bailey, IAFP President

9:15 AM Overview of issues and concerns with consumption of raw milk - Allen Sayler, International Dairy Foods Association

9:45 AM Nutritional straight talk on raw and pasteurized milk - Isabel S. Maples, National Dairy Council Ambassador

10:30 AM Break

10:50 AM Current and emerging microorganisms associated with raw milk - P.C. Vasavada, University of Wisconsin-River Falls

11:35 AM Raw milk consumption- a consumer viewpoint - Caroline Smith DeWaal, Center for Science in the Public Interest

12:20 PM Lunch

1:15 PM A Federal and State perspective on raw milk regulations- Carl Custer, Retired, USDA FSIS OPHS MD MIB and Tom Schwarz, Retired, FDA

2:00 PM Do state raw milk sales restrictions reduce raw milk outbreaks - Adam Langer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

2:45 PM Break

3:00 PM A legal perspective on raw milk consumption - Bruce Clark, Marler-Clark

3:45 PM Wrap-up and Panel Discussion - Moderator: Ron Schmidt, University of Florida, Panel of all speakers

4:30 PM Symposium End