At the request of the FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine, the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA convened a panel of experts to conduct an analysis of the U.S. Animal Health and Veterinary Industry. The expert panel held numerous conversations with experts and invited written submissions from stakeholders, identifying gaps and outdated regulatory processes. Food animal producers across ag sectors identified similar gaps in the overall regulatory process that creates an uneven playing field for imported agricultural products. While the report is inherently FDA-centric, the interconnectedness of the animal health ecosystem will require multiple government agencies and Congress to remedy system flaws. The report discusses important and timely issues withing the context of animal health, advocating for measures that will make the U.S. economy more efficient and cost effective in producing food and animal products, through the enhancement of animal health and nutrition.

The Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA released its report on Transforming Animal Health in the U.S. for the 21^st Century earlier this summer and shared an early report with NIAA stakeholders. Now that the report has been released, Dr. Michelle Kromm will present the report findings and field questions from industry stakeholders. Please join NIAA on October 7 at 2 p.m. CST. 

Speaker:     Michelle Kromm DVM, MPH, MAM, DIPLOMATE ACPV - Food Forward, LLC

With over 15 years of experience developing partnerships within the business and research communities, regulatory agencies, and civil society organizations to drive improvements within the food system, Dr. Kromm is an expert on risk management and mitigation.  She specializes in the areas of food safety, emergency management of disease outbreaks, and antimicrobial stewardship. Dr. Kromm has served on over fifteen taskforces and/or committees addressing the topics of emergency disease preparedness, food safety and antimicrobial resistance including the Vice Chair of the National Institute for Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Education, Executive Committee of the National Turkey Federation, Farm2Fork planning committee and the Board of Directors of American Association of Avian Pathologists.

Dr. Kromm is a board-certified poultry veterinarian who received concurrent Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Iowa State University and Master of Public Health from the University of Iowa in 2006.  In 2007, she completed her master’s degree specializing in poultry medicine at the University of Georgia.  After completion of graduate school, Dr. Kromm joined Jennie-O Turkey Store, a subsidiary of Hormel Foods, as a staff veterinarian.  There she served in multiple leadership roles including being named Vice President of Animal Health and Welfare of Hormel Foods in 2019. In this role, Dr. Kromm was responsible for managing the company’s animal health, welfare, and preharvest food safety programs. 

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