Volume 6, Issue 1 Office of Investigation, Enforcement and Audit March 2015 (Quarterly)

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OIEA Spotlight

OIEA Presents Award to AUSAContributed by: Johanna L Lopez, CID

From Left to Right: Johanna L Lopez CID, Mari-ana E. Bauza-Almonte AUSA, William Tirado CID, and William Kaile, Supervisory Investigator CID. Photograph taken by Lymarie U. Lovet-Ayala, Pub-lic Affairs Specialist, USDOJ- U.S. Attorney Office

PUERTO RICO BUSINESSMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO VIOLATIONS OF FMIA

On February 12, 2015, Mr. Jose Suarez, owner of Joshua Enterpris-es Inc, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, was sentenced to one federal felony count for the knowing distribution of wholesale meat that was unfit for human consumption and adulterated in violation of federal law. Mr. Suarez was sentenced to one year of probation, 100 hours of community service, and a $2,500 fine, in addition to a $100 special monetary assessment that is mandated by law. Mr. Suarez had pled guilty in October 2014.

The prosecution is the result of action by the CID Southeast Region and the Evaluation and Litigation Division, working with the USDA Office of the General Counsel and AUSA Ms. Mariana E. Bauza-Almonte, U.S.Attorney’s Office, in the District of Puerto Rico.

OIEA’s investigation showed that, Mr. Suarez, as operator of Joshua Enterprises Inc, was responsible for of-fering 52,859 pounds of pork shoulder picnics for sale that he knew were unfit for human food when sold.

Suarez was prosecuted under the Federal Meat Inspection Act, which has applied to Puerto Rico since 1971. From April 8, 2009, to Oct. 14, 2010, Suarez admitted selling or offering for sale adulterated pork shoul-der picnics after he was told that the meat products had suffered “temperature abuse” during transport. The wholesale meat distributor sold about 42,716 pounds of the adulterated pork shoulders. He then destroyed the remaining 12,143 pounds in November 2010.

OIEA’S Southeast Region presented an award on March 18, 2015 to AUSA Mariana E. Bauza-Almonte, Dis-trict of Puerto Rico for Extraordinary Contributions to FSIS Public Health, Safety and Enforcement Goals.

Honor of Black History MonthContributed by: Deena Ismail, CID

OIEA staff in Diamond Bar, California participated in celebratory potluck luncheon in Honor of Black History Month. The celebratory luncheon was held to honor the contributions made by African-Americans to our nation’s history. The Diamond Bar staff participated by reading short articles featur-ing African Americans and eating delicious cultural food. Photo contributed by Shaun Smith, CID.

Pictured from Left: Adriana Perez, Nashante Barnes, Edgar Jaimez, Michael Dunn, Bob-bie Jones, Shaun Smith, Linda Ramos, Carl Mayes, Guadalupe Solis, Luis Cruz, and Pedro Rodriguez.

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Administrator’s Award for ExcellenceContributed by: Judy Akinola, Bonnie Cobb, Glenda Kelley, and Eleanor Lewis, ELD

Each year, the Administrator’s Award for Excellence is given to a group, or individual, who exemplifies extraordinary com-mitment to Agency goals. The Administrator’s Award for Excellence in Civil Right and Diversity recognizes significant contributions towards diversity, inclusion, civil rights, and the furthering of FSIS workforce diversity objectives. These efforts to support an infrastructure that promotes and sustains diversity and inclusion initiatives are vital to FSIS, as they empower em-ployees in protecting public health. The 2014 Administrator’s Award for Excellence is bestowed upon a group of employ-ees across OIEA who have demonstrated the highest level of professionalism and dedication to promote and sustain diversity and inclusion to integrate EEO into our Agency’s mission. Congratulations to Judy Akinola (ELD), Shannon Ashby (ELD), Sara Baucher (CID), Bonnie Cobb (ELD), Carolyn Grant (ELD), Glenda Kelley (ELD), Maxine Lebron (ELD), Beth Leopold (ELD), Eleanor Lewis (ELD), and Robert Purdy (ELD).

The OIEA LGBT group, that included these members, collaborated with the LGBT community within the Agen-cy and the LGBT employees’ organization GLOBE, to bring a standing room only event spotlighting the strike down of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), and speakers’ stories of how the action and Federal benefits have enhanced their work and personal lives. The Black History group of the awardees led, cooperatively with OFO and OCIO, a program focused on the Agency theme “Civil Rights in America.” It brought a large audience of FSIS employees to a rich visual program featuring an engaging speaker from the Smithsonian National Mu-seum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), to open in 2015, who spoke on how the museum will incorporate the historical narrative of the civil rights movement and document the contributions of people who were activists in the Freedom Movement. The Hispanic Heritage group, led by the group of awardees, launched an electronic scrapbook for Hispanic Heritage Month and the theme “Hispanics: Legacy of History, Present of Actions, Future of Success,” that successfully capitalized on the opportunity for all of OIEA, field and headquarters, to join together in celebrating Hispanic Heritage. The effort garnered broad participation from contributors around the program.

The Administrator’s Award for Excellence ceremony was on Tuesday, March 17, 2015, at 10 am on the Jamie L. Whitten Building Patio.

Front Row, from L to R: Olga Morales, Glenda Kelley, Judy Akinola, Shannon Ashby, Beth Leopold, and Maxine Lebron; Back Row, from L to R: Scott Safian, Robert Purdy, Bonnie Cobb, Dwight Lacy, Carolyn Grant, and Will Gillingwater, ELD

San Diego OFO and OIEA Joint EffortsContributed by: Shaun Smith, CID

From Left to Right: Clarence Watson, Michael Barham, Alvin Dyson, Marilyn Carpenter, Linda Ramos, Shaun Smith, Daniel Griggs, Marco Trejo, Jose Martinez, Jared Bevill, Efren Viramontes, Patricia Montiel, Gregory Worthy, and Nicholas Payne.

OFO San Diego team and OIEA met in San Diego, California and dis-cussed joint efforts to protect public health. Photo taken and contributed by Sue Newman, OFO Front Line Supervisor.

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Spotlight on EEOACZero Discrimination Day

Contributed by: Deena Ismail, Co-Chair

“ Discrimination is a violation of human rights and must not go unchallenged. Everyone had the right to live with respect and dignity.” – Ban Ki-Moon, United Nations Secretary-General.

March 1st marks the annual observation of Zero Discrimination Day. First celebrated by the United Na-tions (UN) in 2014, Zero Discrimination Day was developed from the 2013 observation of World AIDS Day (celebrated annually on December 1st) and a Zero Discrimination Campaign. This UN observation highlights the global prejudice and intolerance that members of the human family suffer from in forms that affect both social and economic aspects of life.

While the UN works actively to promote human rights and dignity for all regardless of their age, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnicity, race, beliefs, education physical appearance, profession, and even health status, there are still may places in the world which still use discrimination as a way of governing. Even in countries with laws against discrimination is still a problem in all layers of society. Even now in 2015 there are still millions of people in every region of the world that are unable to exercise their rights or gain access to health-care services, education or employment, reducing the ability of people to participate fully in societies and care for themselves.

This year’s theme was “Open up, reach out” and encourages citizens of the world to spread the message of compassion, tolerance and peace using social media. The symbol for this observance is the butterfly.

References:

http://www.un.orghttp://www.unaids.org/en/resources/campaignshttps://www.facebook.com/zerodiscrimination

Meet the OIEA EEOAC MembersI’m Robert Purdy, a Compliance Specialist for the Enforcement and Litigation Division (ELD). I joined FSIS 28 years ago with OFO, and during the next 18 years, I worked as a Food Inspector, Consumer Safety Inspector, and Food Technologist. I have served as an IIC or as a relief inspector in various processing and slaughter assignments in the Midwest and Northeast. In 2004, I joined CID as an Investigator in upstate New York. In 2007, I joined what is now ELD as a Compliance Specialist in Washington, DC. I look forward to continuing my role as a Headquarters EEOAC representative and working with all EEOAC members by making posi-tive contributions to support and value an inclusive and diverse FSIS workforce.

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Hi! I’m Juan Rodriguez, currently a Senior Program Auditor (SPA) with the Inter-national Audit Staff (IAS), Management Control and Audit Division (MCAD). After graduating from Tuskegee University’s School of Veterinary Medicine in 1987, I began my federal career serving in the US Army Veterinary Corps, from 1987 to 1993. In 1994, I entered FSIS as a Supervisory Veterinary Medical Officer (SVMO) with the Office of Field Operations (OFO) in Aibonito, Puerto Rico. In February 1998, I moved to the State of Maine, where I continued to work as an SVMO with OFO. In December 1998, I applied for and was selected to fill a Front Line Supervisor (FLS) position in Augusta, Maine. In 2009, I moved to Washington DC to work as a Veterinary Medical Officer (VMO) with the Office of International Affairs (OIA), Exports Program Staff. Shortly after I began working with IAS-MCAD in February 2014, I was given the opportunity to be a part of the EEOAC. The EEOAC helps OIEA continue to play an active role in making FSIS an agency that focuses on treating all its employees and customers with equality and fairness. This is one of the main reasons that has made my work with the EEOAC this past year a very rewarding experience.

My name is Tina Henarie. I am currently a Senior Compliance Specialist with ELD’s Criminal Enforcement Branch (CEB). I started my career with FSIS in June 1991 as a Compliance Offi-cer in Sacramento, CA. I was a test case of sorts as I was the first individual to be hired directly from a University into a Compliance Officer position. In October 1993, I transferred to San Antonio, Texas, and four years later, I became a Supervisory Compliance Officer. In December 2004, I made the jump from CID to EED (now ELD), to take on the OIEA Training Liaison

position where I stayed until October 2013 when I was asked to move into ELD’s CEB position. My goal as an EEAOC member is to assist OIEA in its efforts to be an inclusive, model workplace where each employee is valued for their unique contribution and has an opportunity to contribute fully to the accomplishment of our mission.

Meet the OIEA EEOAC Members (Continued)

Outreach in HoustonContributed by: by Debra Owens and Beth Leopold

Beth Leopold, OIEA, ELD, and Debra Owens, Agricultural Research Service, staffed a USDA booth at the National College Resources Foundation (NCRF) and Black College Expo held in Houston, Texas on February 28, 2015. About 175 participants (students, parents, and high school counselors and educa-tors) visited the USDA booth. Although the majority of the students were from the Houston Independent School District (I.S.D.), many participants were from the

Photo L-R: Beth Leopold, Kenan Thompson, and Debra Owens at the USDA booth.

Dallas, Texas I.S.D. and Houston surrounding school districts (e.g., Baytown). Participants were very excited to learn about possible internship and career opportunities at USDA. Several seminar options were available to students, and colleges and universities waived application fees, accepted students on the spot, and conduct-ed band auditions.

National celebrities Kenan Thompson, of the Kenan and Kel 1996-2000 Nickelodeon TV comedy sitcom, and Yo-Yo (born Yolanda Whitaker), a female hip-hop artist and actress, as well as a local teen celebrity, provided words of encouragement with an entertainment twist to the students during the scholarship award presenta-tions ($400,000).

Overall, the students, parents, and counselor/sponsors were fully engaged in the activities provided (seminars, career fair, scholarship awards, and entertainment).

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Celebrating Women of Character, Courage and CommitmentContributed by: Vickie Sulenes, CID

“People grow through experience if the meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.” Eleanor Roosevelt.

This month we celebrate National Women’s Month. During this time we pause and think of the path our mothers and grandmothers laid for us. As we work through our daily lives we typically are too busy to reminisce on history. Let us take just a moment to do just that.

The themes of this year’s celebration are character, courage and commitment. Character is our uniqueness. It is a compilation of our actions and values. Mrs. Roosevelt said that “we all create the person we become by our choices as we go through life. In a real sense, by the time we are adults, we are the sum total of the choices we have made”. Another iconic woman, Helen Keller, expressed that “character cannot be develop in ease and quite. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved”.

Courage is often synonymous with bravery. It is also persevering in the face of the insurmountable. Every day women demonstrate strength outside the public domain. It is the private battles that help us demon-strate our internal courage. Some battles are physical health issues, some emotional pain. Not only is courage demonstrated by pushing forward it is demonstrated in our support of others. I think every woman’s middle name needs to be courage. We get up every morning and make sure everyone is off to school or work, then we go to work ourselves, whether inside or outside the home. When returning home we start the laundry, read the mail, answer phone calls all while seeing to the needs and desires of our family.

Commitment is demonstrate through focus and dedication. Women are committed when they say they will do something and then follow through. Scheduling is difficult but we do it. We prepare for family functions, community events, keeping our homes to our standards, and support not only our immediate fam-ily but our extended family including our friends who become surrogate family members. In addition to our commitment to our families we focus and dedicate our precious time to the causes we believe in, be it faith or community based. In addition to National Women’s Month, 2014 is the centennial celebration of Montana women’s voting rights. Jeanette Pickering Rankin, born in Missoula in 1880, gained a reputation for perform-ing jobs that typically were done only by men. After attending University, again typically a male action, she became involved with the suffrage movement. It is thanks to her and other courageous women that in 1914 Montana women gained the right to express our voice in the public domain by voting on our representative to government. Ms. Rankin then became the first women elected to congress in 1916, and was quoted as saying “I would like to be remembered as the only woman who ever voted to give women the right to vote” during 1919 passing the 19th amendment allowing women to vote nationally not just in a few states. While consid-ered by many as polarizing, Ms. Rankin as well as many others collectively laid the path for today’s women. This month we celebrate our collective character, courage and commitment we demonstrate in our daily lives. In remembering and honoring our past we enlighten our future generation. In remembering Eleanor Roosevelt, Adlai Stevenson said:”She would rather light candles then curse the darkness, and her glow has warmed the world”.

Support one another, praise those around you, remember our past,and give the gifts of character, courage and commitment to the next generation.

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Building a High Performance WorkplaceContributed by: Tamara Dey, CID

Research tells us that if leaders and managers embraced the behaviors and practices that follow, it would contrib-ute to a positive work environment and higher perfor-mance at virtually no cost.

Leaders need to:• Communicate a clear mission, vision and goals for

the organization, and confidence in its direction and ability to overcome challenges.

• Practice open book management and communicate periodically progress toward goal achievement along with problems that need to be addressed.

• Serve as role models of honesty and ethical behav-ior.

• Support, encourage and guide the development of next generation leaders and managers.

• Encourage employee empowerment by recognizing their value and work group achievements.

• Build the reputation and brand of the organization as a great place to work.

Supervisors and managers need to:• Define a clear vision of what the work group needs

to accomplish. • Make certain their people know what they are ex-

pected to accomplish in specific terms. • Work with their people to define challenging stretch-

goals, provide regular feedback on their progress and hold them accountable for achieving goals.

• Be good listeners and open to staff ideas. • Provide praise on a regular basis in a way that is

satisfying to the individual. • Be fair, consistent and open in making personnel

decisions. • Identify, encourage development of and reward

top performers. • Provide constructive feedback on developmental

strengths and weaknesses. • Provide advice and mentoring on opportunities

for career progress. • Support their people in meeting family responsi-

bilities. And that should enable employees to:• Feel physically and psychologically safe in the

workplace. • Have a sense of job security so they are comfort-

able taking risks. • Feel their work efforts contribute to achieving

something important. • Feel they are valued and that their work efforts

will be recognized and rewarded. • Feel comfortable with and connected to their co-

workers. • Feel they have the support to achieve career

goals. • Be rewarded for team performance.

From Government Executive writer Howard Risher MBA and Ph.D. from the Wharton School.

Outreach on Food Safety Contributed by Nicholas Papapietro, CID

On 01/28/2015, Investigator Papapietro gave a presentation on food safety to a 3rd grade class at Leary Elementary School in Rush, NY. The photograph is of all of the personally made thank you cards that the students made which include pictures of Germy the Puppet, thermometers, undercooked hamburg-ers with an “x” through them and the slogan, ‘When in doubt, throw it out.”

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OIEA Field Happenings...Job Fair at Fort Leavenworth

Contributed by Mark Heim and Garth Saunders, CID

OIEA Investigators Garth Saunders and Mark Heim participated in the 53rd Army Career and Alumni Program Job and Education Fair, ex-ecuted with their partner; the Family and Morale, Welfare, and Recre-ation Directorate. The Job and Education Fair was held on November 4 at the Frontier Conference Center, located on the scenic Trails West Golf Course, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.According to Brett Rosene, Fort Leavenworth Transition Services Manager, the fair was an overwhelming suc-cess with over 300 attendees. The purpose of this fair was to educate Active Duty, Reserve, Retired, Veterans, DOD Employees, and Civilians about employment opportunities within governmental agencies and businesses.

Mr. Rosene stated: “This year has been turbulent for military members and many are looking at available op-tions. As the Department of Defense continues to adjust the military's end-strength, many military personnel are becoming proactive and researching what options are available for them after their military career. Ap-plicants with a military background are uniquely trained to solve tough problems and have the ability to think independently. Fort Leavenworth is known as the ‘Intellectual Center of the Army’ and the Soldiers supporting the installation are generally highly educated and well-prepared to enter into any employment opportunity.”

This outreach not only assisted with job opportunities, but also educated those interested in food safety.

Holiday Luncheon and Food DriveContributed by Nick Molinski and Tom Collaro, CID

From Left to Right: CID Nick Molinski, Tom Collaro, Joe Palmisano, John Augustine, and Rob Ackert

In the spirit of the holiday season, OFO and OIEA employees joined for their second annual holiday luncheon to promote unity, positive work rela-tionships, and to help the community. The luncheon included representation of the Christmas, Chanukah, and Kwanzaa holidays, including a “pot luck” style meal where we each brought our favorite family dishes. The diversity in the room created a great bounty for the food lover and we all enjoyed the different dishes.

As part of the holiday season, we wanted to focus on the local community and see how we can help. As this can be a tough time of year for many, especially with colder weather and expenses adding up, we decided to have

a food drive. We requested that each person attending the luncheon donate non-perishable food items to help people not as fortunate as us.

Before the luncheon, we reached out to neighborhood pantries to find out the needs of the community during the holidays and surprisingly, the pantries were running low on things like cooking oil, peanut butter and canned fruit, not the typical potatoes, stuffing and gravy featured at holiday meal. Based on the information, we col-lected a large quantity of the requested items, as well as other various foods, and delivered them to the food pantry. Although the food and company of the luncheon was wonderful, the fact that we could help others made the day wonderful. Please consider contacting your local pantry and see what their needs are so you can enjoy the spirit of the holiday season year-round.

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2015 Pennsylvania Farm ShowContributed by Debbie Dietz, CID

OIEA joined OFO in the FSIS booth at the 2015 Pennsylva-nia Farm Show. Once again this year, the 99th year of the PA Farm Show, our agency provided food safety and re-cruitment information to all the attendees. This is the larg-est indoor agricultural exposition in the country, with nearly 6,000 animals, 10,000 competitive exhibits and 300 com-mercial exhibits. It provides an opportunity to learn about the good work being done on the farm, in the field, in the home and in the classroom, bridging the gap between "farm gate and dinner plate." There were approximately 700,000 visitors. Visitors are from wide range of the population from Pennsylvania and neighboring states; senior citizens, school students, parents, and young children. It is always an opportunity for PA farmers to gather and see the new ad-vances in the farm industry, but it also provides an opportu-nity for city residents to see what goes into being a farmer. The agency’s mission of educating everyone about food safety was reinforced by the opportunity to provide infor-mation promoting Food Safe Families and the importance of the four steps of “Clean, Separate, Cook, and Chill”. FSIS personnel were available at the booth to answer the many questions the attendees had ranging from food safety, canning, to custom operations. Additionally, career infor-mation was also made available to those seeking employ-ment opportunities. Several of the educators that attended requested additional visits by OFO and OIEA personnel to their institutions to provide presentations to their classes on food safety. Germy also made daily appearances to the enjoyment of all. Once again, FSIS was able to spread the agency’s mission for food safety to all the attendees.

Farmers Market FindersContributed by Ricky Miller, CID

The U.S. Farmers Market Finder application guides you to your nearest Farmers Market. The application uses your present location to map all local Farmers Markets, with infor-mation on each market and links to websites when available. The data is pulled from a database maintained by the US Department of Agriculture. App Offers driving and walk-ing directions to the market from your present location. This app is available for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. For additional information, the Farmers Markets Directory Search is also available at http://search.ams.usda.gov/farmersmarkets/

Both of these resources are helpful when working or traveling in areas one is not familiar with.

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Germy Visits Students at Clelian Heights School for Exceptional ChildrenContributed by Vicki Usher, CID

OIEA Investigators Debbie Dietz, David Duvall, Paul Toma, and Vicki Usher provided a food safety presentation to 100 students and staff at the Clelian Heights School for Exceptional Children in Greensburg, PA. The presentation included an interactive story with “BAC” and showed how the students had the power to control germs with proper hand wash-ing techniques, washing fruits and vegetables with water, keeping cold foods cold and hot foods hot, and keeping the counters clean from their toys, book bags, and pets. The students also participated in several songs which encouraged proper hand washing techniques, which the instructors thanked the instructors for since it was the flu season. The students and staff were very interactive with the presentation and were excited to meet and have their pictures taken with BAC and told him he was not that scary because they now knew they could keep him away. Each student was declared a member of the Food Safety Patrol and received a badge along with a packet of information concerning food safety. The new members of the Food Safety Patrol said they were going to share the lessons, to “Clean, Separate, Cook, and Chill” and to properly wash their hands, with their families. It was a fun way to get the students interested in food safety and to encourage them to use the information they learned.

From Left to Right: CID Vicki Usher, Dave Duvall and Paul Toma is in the Germy suit.

MLK Day in Rochester New YorkContributed by Nicholas Papapietro, CID

In Rochester, NY, the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was celebrated between 01/17 and 01/19 in many ways including volun-teer work, expressing solidarity and campaigning against racism and poverty. One such way was on 01/19/2015 at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Ice Rink 353 Court Street Rochester, NY which hosted, “Skate to Commemorate”. While Dr. King’s speeches were played over the loudspeaker, the $2 admission was waived by the donation of two new, non-perishable hygiene, cleaning or household items. Photographed submitted by Investigator Nicholas Papapietro, USDA-FSIS-OIEA Rochester, NY.”

Career Day at Willink Middle School Contributed by Nicholas Papapietro, CID

On January 13, 2015, OIEA Investigator Nicholas Papapietro gave two, 30 minute presentations on a day in the life of a USDA-FSIS-OIEA Investigator to 8th graders as part of Career Day at Willink Middle School in Webster, NY. Pictured are all of the professionals that gave presentations.

Investigator Papapietro is pictured second from the right.

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Germy BAC visits Woodcrest Senior Living CommunityContributed by David Duvall, Photographs by Debbie Dietz, CID

Investigators Vicki Usher, Debbie Dietz, Paul Toma, and David Duvall from the Pittsburgh OIEA office visited Wood-crest Senior Living Community, Con-nellsville, PA and provided food safety information on cooking for seniors, safe handling, preparation and storage of food. Food safety informational packets were distributed to residents, which included

an activity book, Food Safety for Seniors pamphlet, and information on the preven-tion of food borne illnesses, stressing the importance of the 4 steps to keep you food safe - “Clean, Separate, Cook, and Chill”. The “Germy BAC” character made a sur-prise visit and entertained the senior citi-zens before their afternoon Bingo game.

Puerto Rico Military Retirement CertificateContributed by William Tirado, CID

On March 09, 2015, Investigator Angel Rios from the CID Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, field office celebrated the arrival of his military service Retirement Certificate. Investigator Rios is a retired Staff Sergeant for United States Army. He joined the Army in 1976 and was stationed overseas on various places such as Korea, Japan, Hawaii, and Panama. In-vestigator Rios joined USDA-FSIS on 1996 as a Food Inspector. Currently, he continues to work as an Investigator from the endless summer weather in Puerto Rico. Photo taken by Investigator William Tirado.

Agricultural Outreach Contributed by Nicholas Papapietro, CID

From Left to Right: APHIS Officer John Bartlett; Nicholas Papapietro and Kari Skiver, CID; and CBP Agricultural Spe-cialist Officer Joseph Dourie.

Between February 05 – 07, 2015, Agricultural Outreach activities were performed by USDA-FSIS-OIEA, USDA-APHIS, USDA-VS and DHS-CBP at the Western NY Farm Show in Hamburg, NY. The group answered questions and handed out literature to farmers, families and school groups on the subjects of food safety, food defense, North American pests, pest threats from foreign countries that enter with agricultural products, live-stock diseases and detection of agricultural products smuggled in from foreign countries.