2015 Annual Meeting (July 25

, David Engelthaler, Peter Gerner-Smidt, Kathie Grant, , Peter Evans, Leen Baert, Peter Gerner-Smidt, Kathie Grant, David Engelthaler, Peter Evans, Leen Baert

S12

Evolving Methods for Foodborne Illness Source Attribution

Antonio Vieira, R. Michael Hoekstra, Michael Bazaco, , Craig Hedberg, Frank Pollari, Sara Pires

S15

20 Years of Risk-based International Trade — Successes and Failures of the WTO

Gretchen Stanton, Sarah Cahill, Robert Buchanan, , Jens Kirk Andersen, Andrew Stephens, Ian Jenson

S16

Is There a Role for “Modern Toxicology” in Regulatory Science?

Suzanne Fitzpatrick, David Dix, Robert Chapin, , Robert Sprando, Harvey Clewell, Heidi Bialk

S17

Updating Our Knowledge in Assessing Food Safety Risk: Meta-analysis, Bayesian Statistics and Beyond

Ursula Gonzales-Barron, Moez Sanaa, Yuhuan Chen, , Michael Williams, Vasco Cadavez, Friedrich Westerholt

S18

Recent Developments in Food Mycology: From Safety to Spoilage

Rob Samson, Jos Houbraken, Ulf Thrane, Jens Frisvad, , Naresh Magan, Ludwig Niessen, Emilia Rico-Munoz

Technical Session 3 – Laboratory and Detection Methods

Technical Session 4 – General Microbiology

Technical Session 5 – Non-microbial Food Safety; Sanitation; and Retail and Food Service Safety

3:30 PM-5:00 PM

RT6

Food Safety Training for Non-native English Speakers

Lone Jespersen, Katey Kennedy, Daniel Okenu, Gina Kramer and Jay Neal

S14

Safe Food for the Entire Family: The Global Pet Food Safety Frontier

, Robert Buchanan, Lee Anne Palmer, Karl Nobert

5:00 PM-6:00 PM

Sunday Exhibit Hall Reception

5:15 PM-6:00 PM

Latin America Group Meeting

5:15 PM-6:15 PM

A Framework for Assessing the Effects of the Food System – The Case of Animal Welfare

Maria Oria, Frank Mitloehner, Katherine MJ Swanson

5:15 PM-6:30 PM

Indian Association for Food Protection in North America

5:30 PM-7:00 PM

Africa Association for Food Protection

China Association for Food Protection along with the Chinese Association for Food Protection in North America

6:15 PM-7:30 PM

Food Safety & Quality Award Presentation

6:15 PM-7:45 PM

bioMérieux Symposium -What is “Big Data” and How Might Metagenomics, Whole Genome Sequences, and other Large Data Sets Change Food Microbiology?

Monday, July 27, 2015

7:30 AM-8:30 AM

Committee Chair Breakfast

8:00 AM-5:30 PM

IAFP Registration Hours

8:30 AM-10:00 AM

RT7

The Evolving Patterns for Publishing Science

Donald W. Schaffner, Marcel Zwietering, Anderson Sant'Ana, Dane Jensen, Amanda Ferguson and Lauren Jackson

S19

The Never-ending Quest for Discriminatory Power: Updates on Molecular Analytics of Foodborne Pathogens

John Besser, Edward Dudley, Eric Brown, David White

S21

The Worlds of Shiga Toxin-producing E. coli and Beef Continue to Collide: So What’s Happening Lately?

Randall Phebus, Mick Bosilevac, Gary Acuff

S23

Using Foodborne Disease Surveillance Performance Measures to Improve the Timeliness and Effectiveness of Foodborne Disease Outbreak Investigations

Craig Hedberg, Gwen Biggerstaff, Rachel Jervis, Josh Rounds

S26

Molecular Methods to Characterize Microbial Pathogens: Outside the Whole Genome Sequence World

Brant Wong, Martin Wiedmann, Stephane Evoy, Arun Bhunia

8:30 AM-12:00 PM

S25

Importance of Codex, Regulations, Standardization, Validation, Certification, Verification and Accreditation in Global Trade

Emilio Esteban, Patrice Arbault, Daniele Sohier, , Erin Crowley, Roy Betts, Tim Jackson

S28

Identifying, Prioritizing, and Managing Chemical Hazards: The United States National Residue Program for Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products

Kerry Dearfield, Louis Bluhm, Scott Goltry, , David Hrdy, Kerry Dearfield, Amber McCoig, Charles Santerre

S29

Controlling Bacterial Pathogens in Low-water Activity Foods and Spices

Sofia Santillana Farakos, Susanne Keller, David Bean, , Jane Van Doren, Cheryl Deem, Jeff Kornacki

Technical Session 6 – Communication Outreach and Education

Technical Session 7 – Produce #1

Technical Session 8 – Antimicrobials

10:00 AM-6:00 PM

Monday Exhibit Hall Hours

Poster Session 2 – Laboratory and Detection Methods; Meat, Poultry and Eggs; Dairy and Beverages; Food Law and Regulation; General Microbiology; Modeling and Risk Assessment

10:30 AM-12:00 PM

RT8

Taking a Detour: Innovative Careers in Food Safety

Barbara Masters, John Allan, Michelle Danyluk, Sergio Nieto-Montenegro and Justin Derington

S20

I Want It All and I Want It Now: Metagenomics and Food Safety

John Besser, Eric Brown, Steven Massey

S22

Changing the Dogma on Meat Shelf Life

Xianqin Yang, Mark Tamplin, Ian Jenson

S24

The Puzzle of Microbial Traceability: Unraveling through Industrial and Regulatory Know-how

Peter Gerner-Smidt, Sherri McGarry, Timothy Freier

S27

Novel Frontiers in Microbiology – Recent Advances in Non-DNA based Rapid Microbial Detection and Identification Methods

Arun Bhunia, David Haavig, Curtis Stumpf, Bruce Applegate

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Monday Exhibit Hall Lunch

12:15 PM-1:00 PM

IAFP Business Meeting

1:30 PM-3:00 PM

S30

Chasing “Zero”: How Likely to Reach Success?

Robert Buchanan, Pamela Wilger, David Gombas, Karin Hoelzer

S33

Filling the Food Safety Void in Small and Very Small Food Companies

Manpreet Singh, Dina Scott, Benjamin Chapman, Judy Harrison

S35

Benefits of an International Standardization for Challenge Tests for Fair Food Trade

Daniele Sohier, Jenny Scott, Rhonda Fraser, Alejandro Amezquita

S37

Sustainable Sanitation and the Use of "Green" Technologies to Protect the Public Health

Nancy Linde, Frank Yiannas, Daniel Daggett

S39

Application of Predictive Risk, Threat, and Vulnerability Tools for Food Safety and Defense

Alan Erera, Anthony Pavic, Joseph Scimeca, Jessica Cox, Clint Fairow, Ashley Kubatko

S42

Everything But Salmonella – Other Microbiological Hazards in Low-water Activity Foods

Edith Wilkin, Lisa Lucore, Susanne Keller

1:30 PM-5:00 PM

S32

Today's Food Safety and Risk Communication Environment: Solutions-based Strategies to Improve Public Understanding

Robert Gravani, William Hallman, Chad Weida, , Sweta Chakraborty, Matt Raymond, Aurora Saulo

S41

Viruses in Shellfish: Filtering Expertise toward a New Foundation for Risk Reduction Policies and Practices

, William Burkhardt, Enrico Buenaventura, David Lees, Soizick Le Guyader, , Marion Castle, David Kingsley, Lee-Ann Jaykus

Technical Session 9 – Produce #2

T10

Technical Session 10 – Meat, Poultry and Eggs

3:30 PM-5:00 PM

S31

I Found a Positive, Now What Do I Do?

Douglas Marshall, Richard Brouillette, Edith Wilkin

S34

Validation of Multi-hurdle Lethality Treatments for Specialty/Niche Meat and Poultry Products Produced by Small Establishments

Kathy Gombas, Meryl Silverman, Mohammad Koohmaraie, Barbara Ingham

S36

What’s on Your Plate or What’s That in Your Suitcase: What Exactly is Coming in from Our Imports?

Greg Pritchard, Bobby Krishna, Gillian Kelleher

S38

Microbiological Air Quality Considerations in the Processing Environment

Jeff Kornacki, David Blomquist, John Pedersen

S40

Steps toward the Practical Use of Microbial Models for Food Safety Assessments by the Food Industry

Dennis Seman, Paw Dalgaard, Jeffrey Farber

S43

In-process High Moisture Foods: Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus cereus Food Safety Concerns

Erin Headley, Loralyn Ledenbach, Balasubrahmanyam Kottapalli

5:00 PM-6:00 PM

Monday Exhibit Hall Reception

5:15 PM-6:00 PM

Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance

Robert Brackett, Katherine Swanson, Kathy Gombas

5:15 PM-6:30 PM

Korea Association of Food Protection in North America

Southeast Asia Association for Food Protection

7:00 PM-9:00 PM

Student Mixer

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

IAFP Registration Hours

8:30 AM-10:00 AM

S45

Foodborne Pathogens in Apples, Stone Fruits, Avocados, Mangos, Papaya…A New Trend or Sporadic Incidence?

Yi Chen, Dumitru Macarisin, Michelle Danyluk, Anderson de Souza Sant'Ana, Ana Lucia Penteado

S47

Infodemiology: Let’s Turn Big Data into Knowledge for Decision Making

Tara Clark, Jeanne Jones, Amy Kircher, Susan Capalbo, John Antle, Martin Wiedmann

S49

Metals Exposures in Foods

, Jorge G. Muñiz Ortiz, Leila Barraj, Ji-Eun Lee

S51

Global Lab Capacity Building – Training for Ensuring Food Safety

Palmer Orlandi, Leslie Bourquin, Janie Dubois, Pamela Wilger,

S53

Nanotechnology from Farm to Table: Implications to Food Safety and Human Health

Sangeeta Khare, Georgios Pyrgiotakis, Mariya Khodakovskaya, Teresa Croce

S55

Recent Developments in Food Fraud Prevention

Shaun Kennedy, Anup Sharma, Karen Everstine, Jeffrey Moore

S57

Clostridium botulinum: A Recurrent Emerging Foodborne Pathogen

Mike Peck, Simbarashe Samapundo, Frank Devlighere, Jeanne-Marie Membré

8:30 AM-12:00 PM

S44

How Do I Validate That? Assuring Credibility of Process Controls for Pathogen Reduction

, Nancy Bontempo, Donald W. Schaffner, Monica Ponder, , Tim Jackson, Wilfredo Ocasio, Donald Zink

T11

Technical Session 11 – Epidemiology

T12

Technical Session 12 – Seafood and Meat, Poultry and Eggs

9:00 AM-3:00 PM

Poster Session 3 – Laboratory and Detection Methods, Sanitation; Antimicrobials; Produce; Epidemiology

10:30 AM-12:00 PM

S46

Approaches to the Management of Viruses in the Food Industry

Fabienne Loisy-Hamon, Nigel Cook, Ruth Petran

S48

Nibbles, Bits, and Bytes: Leveraging Big Data and Analytics to Inform Food Safety Risk Analysis

Barbara Kowalcyk, Vasudha Reddy, Aron Hall

S50

Bacteriophages for Food Safety: Advances in Prevention and Detection

Jason Gill, Amanda Kinchla, Sam Nugen, Michael Koeris

S52

Environmental Monitoring: A Preventative Control Requiring the Closed Loop Method of Food Safety Education

John Butts, Holly Mockus, Miriam Eisenberg

S54

Delivery Systems for Introduction of Natural Antimicrobials into Foods: Need, Formulation, Applications and Current Trends

P. Michael Davidson, Kanika Bhargava, Jasdeep Saini

S56

The True Prevalence of Food Fraud in Our Global Supply Chain

Mitchell Weinberg, George Hughes, Andrew Clarke

S58

Influence of Climatic Conditions and Climate Change on the Microbial Safety of Food

Isabel Walls, Cheng Liu, Renata Ivanek

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Tuesday Networking Lunch

12:15 PM-1:15 PM

U.S. Regulatory Perspective on Food Safety

Michael Taylor, Al Almanza

1:30 PM-3:30 PM

Learning Lab: An Interactive Experience

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SS3

Listeria Special Session

Robert Tauxe, Angela Fields, Kathleen Glass, Yi Chen, Edith Wilkin

S59

Survival of the Fittest: Controlling Listeria at Retail

Kristina Barlow, Kevin Smith, Haley Oliver, Hilary Thesmar, Davene Sarrocco-Smith

S60

Biofilm Update 2015: Where We Can Find Them, and How We Control Them

Haley Oliver, Peter Bodnaruk, Diane Walker, Stephen Tomasino

S61

Challenges to Allergen Detection and Method Selection

Tong-Jen Fu, Tracie Sheehan, Brent Kobielush, Samuel Godefroy

S62

A Bridge between Research and Regulatory Science: Research Prioritization and Outcome Measures

Mary Torrence, David White, Christopher Braden, David Goldman

S63

Mobile Food Establishments; Beyond the Brick and Mortar

Jeff Martin, Brenda Faw, Michelle Wollenzien, Robert Kramer

S64

Challenges in Dairy Spoilage – From Sporeformers to Yeast and Molds

Reid Ivy, Nicole Martin, Mansour Samadpour, Michele Gorman

S65

Foreign Supplier Verification Programs: Challenges and Opportunities

Andrew Stephens, Joseph Scimeca, Yabin Sun, Pojjanee Paniangvait

S66

Challenges to Modernization for Safe and Secure Food in the Middle East

Ewen Todd, Atef Idriss, Bobby Krishna, Ewen Todd, Zeina Kassaify, Jenny Scott,

4:00 PM-4:45 PM

John H. Silliker Lecture

Frank Busta

6:00 PM-7:00 PM

Awards Banquet Reception

7:00 PM-10:00 PM

Awards Banquet

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