T8 Technical Session 8 - Pathogens, Produce

Tuesday, July 30, 2013: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
213D (Charlotte Convention Center)
Convenors: Marilyn Erickson and Elizabeth Bihn

Presentations

1:30 PM
Multistate Foodborne Disease Outbreaks Associated with Raw Tomatoes, United States, 1973–2010: A Recurring Public Health Problem
Sarah Bennett, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Kellie Littrell, University of Minnesota; Thomas Hill, U.S. Food and Drug Administration; Michael Mahovic, U.S. Food and Drug Administration; Casey Barton Behravesh, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1:45 PM
Process Analysis of Chlorine Replenishment of Lettuce Washing Water
Bin Zhou, University of Maryland-College Park; Yaguang Luo, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS; Xiangwu Nou, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS; Patricia Millner, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS
2:30 PM
Inactivation of Aerobic Mesophilic Bacteria and Escherichia coli K-12 on Cantaloupe Rind Surface Using Wet Steam Treatments
Dike Ukuku, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ERRC-ARS; David Geveke, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS-ERRC; Lee Chau, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS-ERRC; Andrew Bigley, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS-ERRC
2:45 PM
Commercial Thermal Process for Inactivating Salmonella Poona on Surfaces of Whole Fresh Cantaloupes
Bassam Annous, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS-ERRC; Angela Burke, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS-ERRC; Joseph Sites, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS-ERRC; John Phillips, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS-NAA
3:00 PM
Break
3:30 PM
3:45 PM
Thermal Inactivation of Human Norovirus Surrogates in Spinach
Hayriye Bozkurt, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Doris D'Souza, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; P. Michael Davidson, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
4:00 PM
Extraction of Hepatitis A Virus from Seawater with Zeolite Granules
Jiemin Cormier, Louisiana State University; Marlene Janes, Louisiana State University
4:15 PM
Population Dynamics and Mutability of Listeria monocytogenes Derived from the Food Chain
Jovana Kovacevic, University of British Columbia; Christy-Lynn Peterson, Public Health Agency of Canada; Matthew Gilmour, Public Health Agency of Canada; Taurai Tasara, University of Zurich; Kevin Allen, University of British Columbia
4:30 PM
Isolation and Molecular Identification of Cronobacter spp. from Non-dairy Foods in Indonesia
Ratih Dewanti-Hariyadi, Bogor Agricultural University; Fransiska Hamdani, Bogor Agricultural University; Sri Hendrastuti Hidayat, Bogor Agricultural University
4:45 PM
Comparison of Four Different Methods for Detection of Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in Environmental Samples
Soohyoun Ahn, University of Florida; Tyler Austin, University of Florida; Shuang Wu, University of Florida; David Gilmore, Arkansas State University; Donald Kennedy, Arkansas State University
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