Webinar Archive

Active IAFP Members can use our search below to find past webinars held by IAFP and IAFP’s Professional Development Groups (PDGs). Please note that all opinions and statements are those of the individual making the presentations and not necessarily the opinion or view of IAFP.

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Archived Webinars

  • Clostridium botulinum in Dairy: Risk, Control, and Prevention Strategies – A Live Expert Roundtable May 4, 2026

    Organized by the Dairy Quality and Safety PDG

    Join us for a live, interactive roundtable discussion with industry experts as we explore where risk emerges in dairy systems (e.g., on dairy farms) and what practical control strategies work in real-world operations. This session will provide actionable insights for food manufacturing professionals and the larger food safety community.

    Topics to discuss will include understanding the hazard of Clostridium botulinum, the 2025-2026 outbreak of infant botulism in US, and managing risks in the dairy industry through prevention and control strategies. The webinar will have a specific focus on dairy powders but may cover other dry products.

    Learning Objectives:Explore how Clostridium botulinum risk emerges in dairy systems
    Review the 2025-2026 US outbreak
    Discuss practical strategies for managing Clostridium botulinum

    Presenters
    • Nicole Martin, Speaker Cornell University
    • Miquela Hanselman, Speaker NMPF
    • Kristin Schill, Speakers University of Wisconsin
    • Sarah Murphy, Moderator FDA
  • The Critical Role of Hygienic Engineering in Today’s Food Production Apr 30, 2026

    Organized by the Sanitary Equipment and Facility Design PDG

    Hygienic Design is often misunderstood and undervalued in food safety management systems within food manufacturing companies, leading to severe negative effects. Including microbiological and chemical contamination, foreign objects, and allergen management issues. In this webinar we will provide an introduction to and definition of Hygienic Design to build a foundation of understanding to work from when answering the second question, “Why is Hygienic Design important to the food industry?” We will answer this second question by explaining the importance of Hygienic Design to the food industry and how it fits into a holistic food safety management approach.

    Learning Objectives:

    Participants will learn what is meant by the term Hygienic Design. This will be done by posing and answering the Question "What is Hygienic Design?"

    Participants will learn why Hygienic Design is important to the food industry and the history behind Hygienic Design Standards. This will be done by posing and answering the Question “Why is Hygienic Design Important to the food industry?”

    Presenters
    • Patrick Wouters, Speaker EHEDG
    • Dan Erickson, Speaker 3-A
    • Jason White, Moderator Fortrex
  • Intro to Gen-FS: An overview of the Genomics for Food and Feed Safety Collaboration Apr 30, 2026

    Gen-FS, the Interagency Collaboration on Genomics for Food and Feed Safety, unites several federal agencies: CDC, FDA, NIH-NLM-NCBI, USDA FSIS, APHIS, and ARS, alongside state public health laboratories and academic partners, to advance genomics-based food safety surveillance. As whole genome sequencing and related technologies become standard tools in pathogen detection and outbreak investigation, understanding how Gen-FS coordinates methods, validates sequencing approaches, and standardizes data will benefit the broader food safety community. This webinar will introduce participants to the structure, mission, and core activities of Gen-FS, with a focus on how publicly available genomic surveillance data is generated, quality-assured, and made accessible. Attendees will gain foundational knowledge to better utilize Gen-FS resources in research, regulatory, and applied food safety contexts. This webinar will be followed up by a half-symposia session focused on recent advances in Gen-FS at the 2026 IAFP Annual Meeting in New Orleans.

    Learning Objectives

    By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

    1. Describe the structure and mission of Gen-FS, including the roles of participating federal agencies and collaborating partners such as state public health laboratories and academic institutions.

    2. Explain how Gen-FS coordinates genomics methods and data standards, including efforts to improve sequence data quality and support machine-readable contextual data across clinical, food, and environmental samples.

    3. Identify key Gen-FS resources such as NCBI Pathogen Detection and describe how these can be accessed and applied by academia, third-party laboratories, food production companies, and government scientists.

    Presenters
    • Heather Carleton, Speaker CDC
    • William Klimke, Speaker NCBI
    • Ruth Timme, Moderator FDA