Environmental Sampling of Food and Water – Wet Lab-Friday and Saturday, July 6–7
Organized in cooperation with the Applied Methods PDG
This course is designed for laboratory technical staff, laboratory managers, supervisors and quality assurance managers and others responsible for making decisions about sampling plans and corrective actions in response to data retrieved in food production facilities. Topics of discussion and demonstrations include food and ingredient sampling plans, sample compositing schemes, and environmental swabbing and sampling in a production facility, to include air and water testing. The workshop program will include demonstration by vendors and opportunity for laboratory hands-on experience. The workshop will provide a close networking environment for discussion with instructors and other participants as well as a binder of information to reinforce the practical experience gained during the workshop.
Topics:
• Principles and Applications of Sampling for Foods and Food
Environments: Challenges and Opportunities
• New and Novel Approaches to Sampling the Environment with Method
Demonstrations
• Environmental Sampling Plans, Compositing Methodology, Frequency
and Corrective Action
• Pathogen Specific vs. Standard Hygiene Monitoring
• ATP and Allergen Testing Discussions and Demonstrations
• Laboratory Hands-on Experience Including Related Methodologies via Vendor Demonstration
Instructors:
Bruce Bradley, Microbial-Vac, Jerome, ID, USA
Larry Cohen, Kraft Foods, Inc., Glenview, IL, USA
Tim Freier, Cargill, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Charles Gerba, University of Arizona-Tempe, Tuscon, AZ, USA
Elliot Ryser, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
Jeff Kornacki, Kornacki Microbiology Solutions Inc., McFarland, WI, USA
Purnendu C. Vasavada, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, River Falls, WI, USA
Organizers:
Jeff Kornacki, Kornacki Microbiology Solutions Inc., McFarland, WI, USA
Purnendu C. Vasavada, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, River Falls, WI, USA
Laboratory Host:
Roseann S. White, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
