2001-02 Project Summaries - Food Safety Research Program

The Ministry funded these projects through the Food Safety Research Program in 2002-03. Such financial support does not indicate endorsement of the project materials by OMAFRA.

*Disclaimer: Projects marked with an asterisk (*) were sent to the researchers for review and comment and no reply was received.

• SF6001 - Improvement and Validation of a DNA Microchip-based Test for Rapid and Simultaneous Detection of Six Food-borne Pathogens in Food Samples
• *SF6002 - Johne's Disease - New Test Validation
• SF6003 - Occurrence of Enteric Pathogens and Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns in Selected Retail Poultry Products and Human Cases in a Southwestern Ontario County
• SF6004 - Application of the Impedance and Colorimetric Systems for Rapid and Cost Effective Detection of Listeria Species in Food and Environmental Samples
• *SF6005 - Development of an Analytical Method for the Confirmation of Sulfonamides in Animal Tissues
• SF6006 - Surveillance of Ontario Pig Farms for Diseases of Public Health Significance
• SF6007 - Detection of Campylobacter Jejuni by Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization
• SF6008 - Assessing the Associations Among Facility Design and Management Practices and Drug Use in Ontario Free Stall Dairy Herds
• SF6009 - Campylobacter Isolation Methodology and Molecular Characterization
• SF6010 - Development of a Novel Protein Chip-Based Test for Rapid and Cost-Effective Salmonella Serotyping
• SF6011 - Development of a Rapid, Sensitive and Reliable Test for the Detection and Quantification of Escherichia coli in foods
• SF6012 - A Community Trial to Determine an Effective Intervention for the Delivery of HACCP to the Food Service Sector
• SF6013 - Development and validation of a screening protocol for identifying sulfamethazine-violative swine carcasses at Ontario abattoirs

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