We are pleased to report the sucess "IAFP Symposium on Food Safety" that was held in Prague, The Czech Republic on 11-12 October 2005. Seventy-one people attended, representing 20 countries. International experts delivered presentations and entered into a roundtable discussion on the topic of "Recontamination Issues in the Food Industry."
Bronze Exhibitors: BD Diagnostics and DuPont Qualicon
Sponsor and Exhibitor: bioMerieux
Addtional Exhibitors:
British Food Journal
ILSI-Europe
International Association for Food Protection
International Food Hygiene
Matrix Microsciences
Photos from the Meeting
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Symposium Presentations
Overview: Recontamination Events in the Food Industry: Facts and Fallacies
Jenny Scott, Food Products Association, United States
The Importance of Recontamination as a Case of Incidents-State of Affairs
Jean-Louis Cordier, Nestle Nutrition Operations, Switzerland
Routes and Sources of Recontamination in Operational Practice
Bruce Tompkin, Conagra Refrigerated Foods, United States
Recontamination in the Home
Christopher Griffith, University of Wales-Cardiff, United Kingdom
Risk Ranking Across Recontamination Vectors in RTE Food Factories
John Holah, Campden & Chorleywood Food Research Association, United Kingdon
Modeling Recontamination-Industrial Setting
Esther van Asselt, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands
Modeling Hand-Washing as an Important Route for Recontamination
Don Schaffner, Rutgers University, United States
Considering Recontamination in Risk Assessments
Maarten Nauta, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands
Considering Recontamination in Food Safety Management Systems
Laurentina M.R. Pedroso, ULHT, Portugal