Food Safety Research Forum - Agenda

Ontario Food Safety Research Forum

Final Agenda

Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Hosted by the Research and Innovation Branch, OMAFRA
Victoria Park East Golf Club, 1096 Victoria Road, S., Guelph

8:00 - Registration & Coffee: Poster Exhibits & Networking

8:30 - Opening Speaker: Dr. Rakhal Sarker, Department of Food, Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of Guelph; 'Food Safety in Canada: An Overview of Key Issues, Challenges and Opportunities'

9:00 - Welcome and Opening Remarks: Dr. Gwen Zellen, Director, Research and Innovation Branch (RIB), OMAFRA

9:15 - Speaker 1: Dr. Scott McEwen, Population Medicine, University of Guelph; 'Prevalence of Salmonella Species and Camplyobacter jejuni Infected Flocks in the Ontario Chicken Industry'

9:45 - Speaker 2: Dr. Mansel Griffiths, Department of Food Science, University of Guelph; 'Rapid-Phage Based Methods for the Detection of Pathogens'

10:15 - Break - Poster Exhibits & Networking (45 min break)

11:00 - Speaker 3: Dr. Muna Anjum (for Dr. Martin J. Woodward), Senior Research Scientist, Microarray Group Leader, Department for Food and Environmental Safety, Veterinary Laboratories Agency, U.K.; 'Can We Identify the Next Epidemic Salmonella?'

11:30 - Speaker 4: Dr. J. Christopher Hall, Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph; 'Fluorescence Polarization Immunoassays (FPIA) for Food Safety: A Rapid Detection System for Pathogens and Chemicals'

12:00 - Lunch - Poster Exhibits & Networking

1:00 - Speaker 5: Dr. Gavin Downing, OMAFRA's Food Safety Science Unit; Pilot Study of Cadmium and Other Metals in Ontario-Grown Crops'

1:30 - Speaker 6: Dr. Robert Friendship, Population Medicine, University of Guelph; '‘Control of Salmonella on Pig Farms’'

2:00 - Speaker 7: Hugh Bowman, President, Ippolito Group

2:30 - Keynote Address: Ted Bilyea, Agri-Food Consultant; 'Fear of Food, the New Food Crisis'

3:30 - Food Safety Research Program and Research Priorities for 2008/2009. Dr. Stacy Favrin, RIB, OMAFRA

3:45 - Adjourn

Contact: Stacy Favrin
E-mail: stacy.favrin@ontario.ca
Tel: 519-826-3976

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