Tuesday, July 24, 2012: 8:30 AM-12:00 PM
Ballroom BC (Rhode Island Convention Center)
Organizer:
Jack Guzewich
Convenor:
Jack Guzewich
The symposium will provide lectures on the epidemiological and environmental investigations into the 2011 Listeria monocytogenes outbreak linked to fresh cantaloupe and the 2011 MDR Salmonella Heidelberg ground turkey outbreak. The symposium will also provide an update on what the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are doing to improve foodborne disease surveillance and response.
Presentations
Epidemiological Investigation of Listeria monocytogenes Linked to Fresh Cantaloupe
Listeria monocytogenes Outbreak Environmental Assessment
Multi-Drug Resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar Heidelberg Outbreak Linked with Ground Turkey – Epidemiologic Investigation
Multi-Drug Resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar Heidelberg Outbreak Linked with Ground Turkey – Food Safety Assessment
CDC's Foodborne Disease Surveillance Efforts Including the Food Safety Modernization Act
FDA's Actions to Improve Foodborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance and Response
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