2010-11 Project Summaries - Food Safety Research Program

The Ministry funded these projects through the Food Safety Research Program in 2010-11. Such financial support does not indicate endorsement of the project contents by OMAFRA.

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

Disease Prevention and Control

• SF6084 - A systematic assessment of the use and value of deliberate challenge trials in pre-harvest food safety research
• SF6085 - Mitigation of the effects of Listeria monocytogenes using probiotics
• SF6086 - Development of a vaccine for the prevention of colonization of poultry by Salmonella and Campylobacter
• SF6088 - Pathogen die-off rates following manure application under Ontario field conditions - relationship to pre-harvest wait times
• SF6090 - Pilot study on the application of whole genome sequencing approach for the molecular typing of foodborne bacterial pathogens

Detection and Surveillance

• SF6087 - Study on dynamics of mycotoxin profiles of Fusarium graminearum in corn, wheat and potatoes in Ontario and other Canadian provinces

Threat Identification and Prioritization

• SF6089 - Comparative exposure assessment for campylobacterosis in Ontario

Related Information

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