Monday 12/6/04
7:00	Registration
8:15	Welcome and Introduction Remarks
8:30	BSE Risk in the US and Current Feed Regulations - Dr. Burt Pritchett U.S. Food and Drug Administration, CVM, Division of Animal Feeds
9:15	BSE Science and Detection of Prohibited Animal Proteins in Feed, Dr. Dragan Momcilovic, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, CVM, Division of Animal Feeds
10:00	Break
10:30	European Inter-laboratory Studies on the Detection of Banned Meat and Bone Meal in Feed, Dr. Christoph von Holst, European Commission DG Joint Research Centre Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements, Food Safety & Quality Unit Retieseweg, B-2440 Geel, Belgium
11:15	Overview of Science and Technology on Testing Prohibited Materials in Feed, Dr. Michael Myers, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, CVM, Division of Animal Research
12:00 - 13:30	Lunch Break (On your Own)
13:30 - 17:30	Multiple Hands-On Demonstrations ELISA TEST KITS: ELISA-TEK, NEOGEN & SDI DNA ISOLATION/PURIFICATION: CVM Protocol REAL TIME-PCR: APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS, BIO-RAD LABORATORIES & CEPHID PCR: INVITROGEN AND APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS

Tuesday 12/7/04
8:00 - 12:00	Multiple Hands-On Demonstrations
1:00 - 17:30	Tour of Cargill Animal Nutrition Facility, One of the largest feed mills in northern California -- Stockton, CA ~ Transportation Provided
18:00 - 21:00	Exhibition & Reception

Wednesday 12/8/04
8:00-17:30	Multiple Hands-On Demonstrations
12:00 - 13:30	Lunch Break (On your Own)
19:00 - 21:00	Prohibited Materials by Feed Microscopy - Patricia Ramsey, AOCS. Certified Feed Microscopy Class will continue Thursday through Saturday

Thursday 12/9/04
8:00 - 17:00	AOCS Certified Feed Microscopy Session
8:00	Canadian Testing Protocol - Annie Fournier, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Bioanalysis Unit, Feed and Fertilizer Section, Ottawa Laboratory, Building 22, C.E.F., 960 Carling Av. Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C6
8:20	Validation of Polymerase Chain Reaction Method for the Detection of Rendered Bovine-Derived Materials in Feedstuffs - Dr. Michael Myers, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, CVM, Division of Animal Research
8:40	Overcoming RNA Inhibition in the Fluorescent Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay to Enhance Detection of Bovine DNA in Cattle Feeds - Dr. James Cullor, Department of Population Health and Reporduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, CA
9:00	Real Time PCR Instrumentation - Applied Biosystmes
9:20	Real Time PCR Instrumentation - Bio-Rad
9:40	Real Time PCR Instrumentation - Cephid
10:00	Break
10:20	ELISA Test Kit Protocol - Neogen
10:40	ELISA Test Kit Protocol - SDI
11:00	Evaluation of Commercial ELISA Test Kits - US FDA ~ Tentative
11:20	Comparison of ELISA Test Kits vs PCR, Dr. James Cullor ~ Tentative
11:40	Comparison of Three Commercial MBM Immunoassays with Microscopic Examination for Detection of Prohibited Materials in Feeds - Dr. Mark Lee, Center for Analytical Chemistry, California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento, CA 95832
12:00 - 12:30	TBA
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch Break (on your own)
14:00	Open Discussion - Sharing observation and review on the results from the Hands-on demonstrations - ELISA, PCR and real time PCR

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Thursday - Saturday 12/9-12/12
AOCS Certified Feed Microscopy Session
(Note: This session is prefaced by the Wednesday Evening session shown in the program.)