S12 - Campylobacter - From Gate to Plate

Macleod D
Organizer: Richard Arsenault
Convenors: Richard Arsenault and Eric Line

8:30 Campylobacter - An Emerging (?) Threat to Human Health — Michael C. Robach, Cargill, Minneapolis, MN, USA

9:00 New Methods for Detecting and Counting Campylobacter, and What This is Telling Us — Stan Bailey, USDA-ARS-SAA, Athens, GA, USA

9:30 Prevalence of Campylobacter at the Farm and the Potential for Antimicrobial Resistance — Douglas Inglis, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, AB, Canada

10:00 Break

10:30 Industry and Campylobacter — TBD

11:00 New Technologies for Pre-Harvest Control of Campylobacter — Eric Line, USDA-ARS-PMSRU, Athens, GA, USA

11:30 New and Existing Technologies for Control of Campyolobacter in Poultry Processing Plants — Mark Berrang, USDA-ARS, Athens, GA, USA

Abstract
Campylobacter is an important bacterial foodborne pathogen. While the severity of most cases of human Campylobacteriosis cases is slight, the prevalence of human infection, the potential for the emergence of antimicrobial resistance, and the gravity of long-term sequelae such as Guillain-Barré Syndrome require that producers of raw foods make a concerted effort to reduce the exposure of consumers to this significant foodborne hazard. This seminar will give basic information about the prevalence and tracking of Campylobacter at the farm and in food processing facilities, include a discussion on current regulatory thinking on controlling this hazard, and provide information on some of the emerging technologies and strategies for managing the risk of Campylobacter in raw foods of animal origin.