Baltimore-Washington HPS Chapter Meeting Announcement

[Stuart.Altman@dp.doe.gov]

   The following is another reminder about the next meeting of the 
   Baltimore-Washington Chapter of the Health Physics Society.  If you 
   are in the Washington D.C. area, or will be on May 6, please join us! 
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                     BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON CHAPTER, HPS
                          MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
   
                         Annual Business Meeting
   
   Date:       May 6, 1997 (Tuesday)
   
   Location:   Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
               Cafeteria and Auditorium, "B" Building
               National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland
   
   Speaker:    Donald Thayer, Ph.D.
               USDA Agriculture Research Service
   
   Subject:    PROGRESS IN RADIATION PASTEURIZATION
   
               As a result of recent incidents involving deaths from E-coli
               contamination, there is a renewed interest in food 
               irradiation as a means to improve the safety, quality, and
               shelf life of poultry and red meat.  Dr. Thayer is 
               performing basic and applied research to determine the 
               radiation doses required to assure sterilization of food 
               products in the marketplace.  He will discuss current 
               research topics in this area and will present information 
               regarding the acceptance of irradiated food in the United 
               States.
   
               In addition Dr. William Mills (Past President, HPS, and 
               Chair of the Scientific and Public Issues Committee) will 
               discuss updating the Society's position paper on food
               irradiation.
   
   Annual      Prior to Dr. Thayer's talk, the annual business meeting will 
   Business    be held.  The newly elected chapter officers will be
   Meeting:    introduced, followed by a short discussion of the Chapter's
               goals for the 1997-98 year.
   
   Time:       6:00 - 7:00 p.m.        Social Hour (Cash Bar)
               7:00 - 8:00 p.m.        Buffet Dinner (Cost is $15.00)
                                              Pizza, salad and desert
               8:00 p.m.               Speaker
   
   Reservations: Call the Chapter telephone, (301) 949-4178 and leave your 
   name and telephone number.  Please speak slowly and distinctly so that 
   we can type the reservation list from the recording.  Reservation 
   cut-off is noon Monday, May 5.  Cancellations must be received at least 
   24 hours prior to the dinner or you may be required to pay for the meal. 
   
   Don Thayer is the Research Leader for the Food Safety Research Unit at 
   the Eastern Regional Research Center in Wynddmoor, PA.  He received his 
   doctorate from Colorado State University in the areas of Microbiology, 
   Radiation Biology, and Chemistry.  He is a Fellow in the American 
   Academy of Microbiology.  
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   Posted by:
   Stuart M. Altman
   U.S. Department of Energy
   Office of Defense Programs
   stuart.altman@dp.doe.gov