Program Detail

The IAFP Annual Meeting is the leading meeting concerned with the protection of the worldwide food supply. Educational sessions are dedicated to timely coverage of key issues and cater to multiple experience levels. With a reputation for high-quality and timely content, the Annual Meeting features technical papers, posters and symposia detailing information on a variety of topics related to food safety.

More than 2,500 attendees include professionals and developing professionals in quality control, processing operations, regulatory inspections, consulting groups, risk assessment, research and development, microbiological research, plant management, technical services and HACCP management. You are also invited to participate in special activities such as the Cheese and Wine Reception, Lunches and Receptions in the Exhibit Hall.

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Sun Jul 28

Afternoon Topics

Program Symposium/Roundtable Topics
Ivan Parkin Lecture - David W.K. Acheson, M.D., F.R.C.P., Leavitt Partners, LLC, Washington, D.C., USA - Food Safety Risk Management for a Multinational Company	Download

Mon Jul 29

Morning Topics

Program Symposium/Roundtable Topics
Chemical Risk Assessment 101, A Better Understanding of a Complex Subject Made Easier
Culture Independent Diagnostics
Getting the Word Out for a Safe Food Supply
Food Safety Education: The Value of Education and Outreach to Advancing the Development of Future Food Safety Leaders
Food Safety Links in Cross Border Health Initiatives between the US, Canada and Mexico
Foodborne Outbreaks Domestic and International - What are We Learning?
Fresh Produce: Are Current GAPs Recommendations Sufficient for Food Safety?
From Grapes to the Glass: Food Safety Issues that Affect Wine throughout the Production Chain
Linking Pests and Pathogens of Food Safety
Persistent and Ongoing Food Allergen Challenges: Labeling, Detection and Control
Technical Session - Meat and Poultry
Technical Session - Communication Outreach and Education, Sanitation, Seafood
Posters - Beverages & Water, Comm. Outreach & Education, Dairy/Other Food Commodities, Epidemiology, Food Defense, Food Tox., General Microbiology, Meat & Poultry, Microbial Food Spoilage, Sanitation, Non-Microbial Food Safety, Risk Assessment

Afternoon Topics

Program Symposium/Roundtable Topics
Antimicrobial Resistance and Food Safety in the 21st Century
China Food Safety: Needs, Challenges and Approaches
Current Controversies in Food Safey
Ecology of Campylobacter and Salmonella in Pasture Poultry/Mixed Farm and Their Control with Natural Organic Antimicrobials
Molecular Methods for Advancing Food Safety
Sanitation Stories: Tall But True
The Application of Bioinformatic Analyses in Foodborne Pathogen Characterization
The USDA-NIFA Food Virology Collaborative (NoroCORE): A Model for an Integrated, Multidisciplinary Approach to Addressing the Leading Cause of Foodborne Disease
Where the Wild Things Are: Role of Wildlife in the Safety of the Food Supply
Posters - Beverages & Water, Comm. Outreach & Education, Dairy/Other Food Commodities, Epidemiology, Food Defense, Food Tox., General Microbiology, Meat & Poultry, Microbial Food Spoilage, Sanitation, Non-Microbial Food Safety, Risk Assessment
Technical Session - Antimicrobials, General Microbiology, Meat and Poultry
Technical Session - Applied Laboratory Methods, Food Defense, Novel Laboratory Methods

Tue Jul 30

Morning Topics

Program Symposium/Roundtable Topics
Benefits of Food Safety Beyond Saving Lives
Best Practices in Recall Management
Bridging Gaps Between Scientific Assessment of Risk and Public Perception
Careers in Food Safety: Traveling the Path of Those before Us
Codex Alimentarius at 50: Accomplishments and Challenges
Emerging Technologies for Detection and Characterization of Foodborne Pathogens
Food Safety in Paradise: Issues and Initiatives in the Caribbean
Pathogen Environmental Sampling Plans - The Latest on What, How and Why
Sanitation and Sanitary Design- A Holistic Approach
The Pacific Rim: Food Safety Issues and Initiatives
U.S. Interagency Collaboration on Foodborne Illness Source Attribution
Technical Session - Risk Assessment
Technical Session - Produce
Poster Session - Antimicrobials, Pathogens

Afternoon Topics

Program Symposium/Roundtable Topics
Consumer Food Safety Behaviors: How to Change Them and How to Know When We've Done It
Discussing Food Safety Risks, Controls and Challenges Associated with Farmers' Markets
Global Lab Capacity Building for Ensuring Food Safety
Global Practices That Form a Multiple Hurdle Approach to Salmonella and Campylobacter Reductions in Poultry
Listeria monocytogenes in Retail Delis – Prevalence, Transmission and Control Strategies
Microbial and Chemical Hazards in Veals: Identification of Contributing Factors, Data Gaps and Solutions
Validation of Process Control in a HACCP System: Practical Application
Poster Session - Antimicrobials, Pathogens
Technical Session - Beverage and Water, Dairy, Non-microbial Food Safety, Risk Assessment
Technical Session - Pathogens, Produce

Wed Jul 31

Morning Topics

Program Symposium/Roundtable Topics
Assessing the Safety of Water Used in the Production of Fresh and Minimally Processed Produce
Call to Action - Let's Put Water On A HACCP Plan
Changes in Academic Food Safety Microbiology Teaching Laboratories: Are We Throwing the Baby Out with the Bathwater?
Enhancing the Value of Restaurant Inspections to Drive Food Safety Improvements
Farm to Fork Cantaloupe Risks and Interventions
Food Defense Reprised: What Do We Need to Know About Fraud, Counterfeiting and Tampering?
Food Safety Sampling, Risk Assessment and Regulatory Standards: Arbitrary or Science-Based?
Prevention and Control of Listeria monocytogenes Contamination of Cheese
The Next Risk Analysis Challenge: Linking HACCP and Risk Assessments
Technical Session - Epidemiology
Technical Session - Pathogens
Poster Session - Applied Laboratory Methods, Novel Laboratory Methods, Produce

Afternoon Topics

Program Symposium/Roundtable Topics
Food Safety for Large Events: Lessons Learned from the Olympics and Conventions
From Cocoa Beans to Baking Chips, Candy Bars and Bunnies: Food Safety Issues that Affect Chocolate throughout the Global Production Chain
Making Traceability Work Across the Entire Supply Chain
Preserve this! Novel Preservatives and Applications in Acid and Acidified Foods
Using the Food Emergency Response Network to Improve National Food Defense through Integration of Federal, State and Local Laboratories
Validation of Sanitation - Expectations and Approaches
What is Dry Sanitation? What is Dry Cleaning?
John H. Silliker Lecture - Dane Bernard, Keystone Foods LLC, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA - The Future of Food Safety	Download
Poster Session - Applied Laboratory Methods, Novel Laboratory Methods, Produce
Technical Session - Microbial Food Spoilage, Pathogens