Food Safety Research Program Project Summaries 2008-2009

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

These projects have received funding support from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Such support does not indicate endorsement by the Ministry of the contents of the material.

• SF6069 - Development of an Aptamer-Based System for Rapid Identification of Human Noroviruses: Application in Raw Meat Production.
• SF6070 - Prevalence of Clostridium difficile and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) and Infecting bacteriophage in the pork processing
• SF6071 - Extraction and Detection of Human Pathogens using Antibody Modified Electrospun Conducting Polymer Fibers
• SF6072 - Development of a novel nanoparticle-based method for rapid, ultrasensitive and cost effective detection and quantitation of food-borne pathogens
• SF6073 - Development of encapsulated bacteriophage for effectively delivery to chicken intestine for the control of food-borne Salmonella spp.
• SF6074 - A complete multi residue mycotoxin analysis in food using liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)
• SF6075 - Development of a Magnetic Separation Culture Method for the isolation and identification of Yersinia Enterocolitica from Foods.
• SF6076 - Application of QBeta replicase reaction in detection of foodborne viral pathogen in food