Methodologies employed in food safety range the gamut from traditional and applied culture-based methods to modern cultureless techniques, based on protein and DNA analysis and sequence recognition. Nevertheless, a large chasm exists between basic research with molecular tools and the applied techniques that can be used in day-to-day food safety testing. The goal of this symposium is to concisely translate information regarding relevant molecular methodology to an audience of food safety personnel, for private testing laboratories, regulatory, industrial or research-based food safety testing and protocols. Experts from the field have been chosen to address topics such as “Genomics in Food Security: 100K Pathogen Genome Project,” which itself has a goal of utilizing molecular technologies for the benefit of food safety; proteomic analysis and identification of foodborne pathogens; and molecular typing applications for epidemiological investigations and food safety. This symposium will be of interest to professionals of all knowledge levels and expertise in the food industry, academia, research and food testing laboratories, as well as regulatory agencies.

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