2010 IAFP European Symposium
Speaker Presentations
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2010 IAFP European Symposium
Wednesday, 9 June 2010
Opening Session
Chairs: Seamus Fanning and Michele Storrs
Welcome Address
Brendan Smith TD
Introduction to IAFP and the Symposium
Vickie Lewandowski
Keynote Lecture: Food Safety in Global Market
Alan Reilly
Plenary Session
Chair: Jim Buckley
Investigation of Outbreaks: The Public Health Aspect
Margaret O'Sullivan
Benefits and Risks of the Use of Chlorine Containing Disinfectants
Steve Crossley
Parallel Sessions
Session 1: Persistence and Survival of Pathogens in Dry Food Processing Environments
ILSI Europe Sponsored Session
Chairs: Michele Storrs and Han Joosten
Resistance of Pathogens in Dry Environments - European Perspective
Roy Betts
Potential Control Measures to Eliminate Pathogens from Dry Foods
Rijkelt Beumer
Salmonella in Low-moisture Products - United States Perspective
Jenny Scott
Session 2: Chemical Contaminants
Chairs: Leon Gorris and Steve Crossley
Melamine - A wake-up Call to Strengthen Adulteration Prevention
Pascal Zbinden
Application of the BRAFO Framework to Heat Processing Contaminants
Alessandro Chiodini
Migration of Chemicals from Packaging Materials in Food
Steve Crossley
Session 3: Underpinning Food Safety Through Veterinary Public Health Initiatives - The Story of Salmonella Agona
Chairs: Seamus Fanning and Cliodhna Foley-Nolan
Links Between Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety - How to Prevent an Outbreak
James Buckley
Public Health and Consumer Issues Associated with Systems Failures
Patrick Wall
Antibiotic Resistance in the Food Chain
John Threlfall
Technical Presentations
Subject Area: Detection Method News
Chair: Sarah Cahill
Multiple Concentration and Detection of Foodborne Viruses in Produce
ROCIO MORALES, Julie Jean, Petra F.G. Wolffs and Mansel W. Griffiths
A Comparison of VTEC O113 Isolates from Australia, New Zealand, Norway and Ireland
ÁINE MONAGHAN, Declan Bolton, Brian Byrne, David McDowell, Anne Carroll and Seamus Fanning
Use of Principal Component Analysis in Order to Link Genotypic and Phenotypic Characters of Psychrotrophic Bacillus cereus Group Isolates to their Cytotoxic and Spoilage Potentials in Egg breaking industry
BARON FLORENCE, Valerie Lechevalier, Rafik Belaïd, Clarisse Techer, Fabienne Gonnet, Noel Grosset, Michel Gautier and Sophie Jan
VTEC on Farms: Serotypes, Virulence Profiles and Survival
ÁINE MONAGHAN, Declan J. Bolton, Brian Byrne, Ciara Ennis, C. O'Neill, David McDowell, and Seamus Fanning
Thursday, 10 June 2010
Parallel Sessions
Session 1: Surveillance and Ecology Supporting Food Safety
Chairs: Vickie Lewandowski and John Threlfall
Applying Molecular Approaches to Control Cronobacter in the Manufacturing Environment
Seamus Fanning
Tracking Norovirus
Erwin Duizer
Tracking Campylobacter
Jacob Roland Pedersen
Session 2: Decision Support Tools for Food Safety
Chairs: Leon Gorris and Ann Maria McNamara
Emerging Decision Support Tools for Food Safety in the United States
Lee-Ann Jaykus
Decision Support Tool for the Control of Salmonella and Campylobacter in Poultry
Sarah Cahill
Using Risk Rangers in Food Safety Decision Making
Leon Gorris
Session 3: Pathogens Update
Chairs: Wayne Anderson and Geraldine Duffy
Non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli: Role in Human Disease and Detection in Foodstuff
Alfredo Caprioli
Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) - Occurrence, Detection and Inactivation in Foodstuffs
John Donaghy
New Insights into the Ecology of Virulent Strains of Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus
Lee-Ann Jaykus
Session 4: Emerging Food Safety Issues
Chairs: Vickie Lewandowski and Margaret Patterson
Addressing Emerging Issues of Food Adulteration and Authenticity
Adrian Charlton
The WHO Initiative to Estimate the Global Burden of Foodborne Diseases: The Example of Echinococcosis
Paul Torgerson
Allergen Control and Management: An International Regulatory Perspective
Steven Rizk
Session 5: Rapid Methods and Method Validation: Perspective and Needs in the Modern Food Industry
Chairs: Stefano Colombo and Ann Marie McNamara
Selection Criteria for Rapid Methods
John Marugg
Rapid Methods Needs in a Global Dairy Company
Emmanuel Mallo
Rapid Methods: A Meat Industry Perspective
Frank Vandendriessche
Session 6: Global Food Safety Management Standards - Do they work?
Chair: David Lloyd
The Certification Body Perspective on Global Food Safety Systems
Harriet Simmonds
Managing Food Safety on a Global Basis within a Multi-national Food Company
Ciaran Conway
The Effectiveness of Global Food Safety Systems - The Way Forward
Yves Rey
Session 7: Rapid Methods - Latest Technologies
Chairs: Stefano Colombo and Vickie Lewandowski
The European Regulation
Frederic Martinez, BioRad
How do You Validate a Novel Universal Sample Prep Method That Doesn't Fit the Conventional Template for Approvals?
Adrian Parton, Matrix MicroScience
Rapid Method Validation Needs, Problems & Goals - Experiences of a Kit Manufacturer
Tobias Hein, Biotecon Diagnostics
A ScorpionTM Probe Based Real-time PCR Assay for Genus Salmonella
Daniel DeMarco, DuPont
Alternative Methods in Food Safety
Frederic Martinez, BioRad
Validation Status of a Rapid Microbiological Methods Designed for the Industry Flow & Solid Phase Cytometry
Philippe Ludovic, Chemunex
Trends in Method Validation: The Business Perspective
Bob Young, 3M
Rapid Methods from Oxoid, Thermo Fisher Scientific - Microbiology
Jonathan Cloke, Oxoid
Innovation and Alternative Methods in Food Quality and Safety: TEMPO and Recombinant Phage Proteins
Christine Rozand, bioMérieux
Technical Presentations
Subject Area: Food Preservation and Ecology Updates
Chair: Margaret Patterson
Fate of Aflatoxin M1 during Manufacture and Storage of Yoghurt
SALWA AHMED ALY, and H. Diekmann
Inactivation of Escherichia coli in Apple Juice of Different pH Using Ozone
SONAL PATIL, Vasilis P. Valdramidis, Jesus M. Frias, Patrick J. Cullen and Paula Bourke
Comparison of Growth Limits of Listeria monocytogenes in Milk, Broth and Cheese
KIERAN JORDAN, Sol Schvartzman, Panos Skandamis, and Francis Butler
Differences in the Ability of Contact Materials to Support Salmonella enterica Biofilm Formation
MARY CORCORAN, Dearbhaile Morris, Niall De Lappe, Juliette Ward, Jean O'Connor, Geraldine Doran, and Martin Cormican
Inactivation of E. coli O157:H7 in Spinach Leaves Using Gaseous Sanitization
SUDHIR SASTRY, Mustafa Vurma, Ram Pandit and Ahmed Yousef
Influence of Food Processing on the Detection of Hazelnut Proteins
CELINE PLATTEAU, Tatiana Cucu, Marc De Loose, Bruno De Meulenaer and Isabel Taverniers
Friday, 11 June 2010
Technical Presentations
Subject Area: Food Safety Management and Quantitative Aspects
Chair: Vickie Lewandowski
A Comparative Observational and Microbiological Analysis of Mechanical Hide Pulling Techniques in an Irish Cattle Abattoir
Thomas G. Kennedy and Aideen I. McKevitt
Prevalence Data Concerning of Foodborne Viruses in Europe
Fabienne Loisy-Hamon, Angélique Fourrier, Denis Bidot and Benoît Lebeau
The Relevance of Within-batch Distributions to Microbiological Criteria in Foods
Ursula Gonzales Barron and Francis Butler
Statistical Aspects of C. sakazakii in Powder Infant Formula
Arianna Mussida, Francis Butler, and Seamus Fanning
Plenary Session
Centre for Food-borne Zoonomics Sponsored Session
Chair: Seamus Fanning
Developing a Corporate Food Safety Culture
Anne Marie McNamara
Food Incidents: Bacteria and Beyond
Wayne Anderson
Food Safety 2020...2030...and Beyond
Lee-Ann Jaykus
Warp-up of Symposium
Vickie Lewandowski