Program Information
Preliminary Symposium and Roundtable Program Topics
(Session organizers select speakers and panelists. Final acceptance after February Program Committee Meeting)
| #Foodsafety: Practical Advice for Digital Communication and Science Storytelling |
| 2018 State and Local Foodborne Illness Investigations |
| A New Paradigm: Cutting Pathogens Off at the Pass By Understanding Their Evolution Dynamics |
| A Precarious Balancing Act: Co-Managing Preharvest Environments to Maximize Food Safety, Sustainability, and Economic Viability of Farm Operations. |
| A South/Latin American Perspective on Microbiological Safety and Regulatory Guidelines for Fruit Juices: Issues and Opportunities |
| Agricultural Water and Emerging Pathogens in the Age of FSMA: Do We Need to Worry? |
| Antibiotic Reduction, Alternatives, and the Relationship to Food Pathogen Outbreaks |
| Application of High-Throughput Sequencing By Industry: Potential, Barriers and Opportunities |
| Application of Principles of Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA) for Effective Verification and Implementation of Food Safety Plans |
| Applying Lessons Learned: Keeping Stec Off Our Lettuce. |
| Are There Instructions Included? the Role of Regionality and Experimental Choices on the Survival of Foodborne Pathogens in Manure-Amended Soils |
| Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: What They Are and Their Potential Applications for Food Safety and Quality |
| Attributing Illnesses to Food Sources in the Face of Uncertainty |
| Beyond Slide Decks and Classrooms: Novel Approaches to Food Safety Learning |
| Biofilm and Low-Water Activity Foods |
| Biofilm Removal As a Critical Part of Spoilage and Pathogen Contamination Prevention |
| Breaking the Mold: Using Foods to Protect Against Food Allergy. |
| Building a National Integrated Food Safety System (IFSS) |
| Campylobacter, Health Impact, Performance Objectives and Effectiveness of Sampling Plans |
| Challenges and Promises of Using Quantitative Data for Controlling Salmonella in Poultry |
| Challenges in Campylobacter Detection and Control |
| Challenges in Low Moisture Food Plant Sanitation – a Dairy Perspective |
| Challenges of Sanitation in Dry Processing Environments: What Are the Evolving Methods? |
| Clostridium Difficile: A Food Safety Risk? |
| Communicating Benefit/Risk Analysis of Food Processing |
| Concisely Communicating Scientific Findings |
| Cottage Foods: Harmonizing Food Safety Practices for a Growing Entrepreneurial Industry |
| Cultural Influences on Food Safety Research and Education Programs in a Global Society |
| Cyclospora: It's Not Just an Imports Issue. |
| Determining Preventive Controls for Viruses and Parasites |
| Developing Environmental Monitoring Programs for Small and Midsize Processors |
| Distribution of Foodborne Pathogens – Geographical Insight from the Use of WGS |
| Does Zero Risk Really Exist: How to Communicate Variability and Uncertainty to Government and Industry Managers |
| Emerging Foods: Seaweed; Super Food, Health & Safety, Challenges & Opportunities |
| Emerging Hazards Associated with Seafood |
| Ensuring Safety By Design: Connecting the Dots of Food Protection throughout the Farm to Fork Continuum - a Poultry Case Study |
| Environmental Monitoring- Friend or Foe? |
| Examining the Mutual Benefits of a Defined Supplier Monitoring Program: What Is the Value of a Supplier Monitoring Program to the Retailer or Food Service Company and Suppliers? |
| Fact or Fiction?: Combatting Consumer Perceptions of Food Safety Myths with Data |
| Finding the Needle in the Cheese Block: How Do We Create Robust Sampling Plans for Dairy Products? |
| Food Microbiome Transfer Dynamics from Farm to Processing – What Can Metagenomics Add to the Picture? |
| Food Safety and Trade: Strange Bedfellows? |
| Food Workers - Technology Approaches and Other Interventions for Keeping Sick People out of the Operation |
| Foodborne Disease Outbreak Update |
| Fresh-Cut Processing and FSMA |
| Future Pains: Assessing the Long-Term Consequences of Foodborne Exposure to Microbial and Chemical Hazards |
| Has the Time Come for Complete Adoption of the Food Code? |
| Home Food Delivery: The Last Mile Is Not What It Used to be. |
| Impact of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence on Food Safety |
| Improving Post Mortem Inspection of Beef for Human Health Protection |
| International Food Defense Preparation for FSMA and Beyond |
| Introduction to FDA-iRISK® 4.0: A Comparative Risk Assessment Tool with New Features and Case Studies |
| Is Bacillus Cereus the Next Big Thing to Worry about in the Food Industry? |
| Is Cultured Meat Really Meat? |
| Is It Time for Food Safety Performance Standards Since Zero Risk Is Not an Option? |
| Let’s Hear from Nex Gen Food Safety Scientists on Pathogen Behavior in Ready to Eat Foods |
| Listeria monocytogenes and the Produce Industry: Best Practices for Sanitary Design, Control and Monitoring |
| Looking to the Future: What Do Decision Makers Want to Know or Need to Know about Managing Chemical Contaminants in Food? |
| Making Sense of Food Allergen Analysis |
| Managing Large Multidisciplinary/Multi-Institutional Food Safety Projects - Effectively, Impactfully, and with Integrity |
| May Contain Allergens- a Risk Based Approach for Determining the Use of Precautionary Allergen Labelling (PAL) |
| Microbiological Method Verification in Food Manufacturing: Are Your Methods “Fit Enough” for Purpose? |
| New Methods in Analytical and Bioanalytical Sensing for Food Safety and Quality |
| New Research Findings – Control of Listeria in Dairy |
| Novel and Emerging Technologies for Improving Sanitation |
| Polypropylene Permaculture? Microplastics in Terrestrial Agricultural Systems |
| Poultry Vaccines: What Is Working, What Are the Gaps, and What Is on the Horizon? |
| Predictive Microbiology and Risk Assessment Software Fair: Spotlight on Case Studies |
| Principles for Establishing and Extending Shelf Life |
| Protecting Probiotics: Detecting Hazards and Confirming Formulation Accuracy. |
| Pushing the Ball Forward for Agricultural Water |
| Resurgence of Less Recognized and Presumptive Pathogens: Food Safety Implications |
| Revitalizing the Future of Food Safety Extension |
| Revolutionary Diagnostic Changes Are Shifting the Epidemiological Landscape and Posing Challenges for Outbreak Identification |
| Safety of Animal-Source Foods in Low and Middle Income Countries |
| Science and Regulatory Guidance Update: Lethality and Stabilization of Meat and Poultry Products |
| Scientific Modernization of Meat Inspection - the International High Speed Train - Catch It or Get De-Railed |
| Seek and You Shall Find: The Intricacies of a Robust Listeria Environmental Monitoring Plan |
| Statistical Methods for Microbial Data and Process Validation: The P-Value Is What? |
| Supply Chain Verification of a Sanitation Program |
| The Impact of Packaging Materials on Food Safety: Testing, Modeling, and Regulation |
| The Mitigation and Regulation of Heat-Formed Substances Produced in Foods during Cooking: What Are the Unintended Consequences on Microbial Safety and Public Health? |
| 'the Other Bad E. coli': Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) |
| The Use of Chemicals in Food Hygiene and Linkage to Microbial Resistance |
| The Use of Rapid Microbial Methods By Government Agencies for “Official” Testing |
| The Yellow Brick Road to Using Food Microbiomes |
| Today’s RTE Redefined. Managing Environmental Controls and the Risk of the “Reasonably Foreseeable” |
| Tracing Produce: Where We Are and What's Next? |
| Tracking FSMA Quantitative and Qualitative Impacts on the Food Industry Under Full FDA Enforcement – Stats, Trends, Challenges and Lessons Learned |
| Updates on the Impact of Sampling Methods on Food Safety |
| Updates to the Conference for Food Protection and the Food Code |
| Using Data and Statistical Analysis to Guide Food Safety Decision Making |
| Utilization of Omics Technologies to Enhance Produce Safety and Quality |
| Validating Pasteurization Processes for Low-Moisture Products |
| Validation of Pathogen Preventive Controls – Is It Adequate to Assure Food Safety? |
| Water Management in Food Manufacturing: Be Prepared for Problems |
| Water Re-Use in the Food Processing Industry: Risk-Based Approaches in Practice |
| What Do We Know about Microplastics in Food and Their Impact on Human Health? |
| When the Enterobacteriaceae Hits the Fan: Wind and Particulate Associated Distribution of Foodborne Pathogens |
| Whole Genome Sequencing: A Tutorial and Hands-on Workshop to Understand and Implement This Breakthrough Technology |
| Why Are We Still Having Food Safety Failures If We All Have Food Safety Systems? |
| You Cannot Audit Food Safety Culture – Wrong, Here’s How! |
