T4 Technical Session 4 – General Microbiology and Sanitation

Monday, August 1, 2016: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
242 (America's Center - St. Louis)
Convenors: Hal King and Darrel Williams
TBD

Presentations

1:30 PM
Reduction of Tulane Virus (a Human Norovirus Surrogate) by Chlorine Dioxide (ClO2) Gas
Carrie Yard, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Mark Morgan, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Doris D'Souza, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
2:00 PM
Resistance to Four Sanitizers of Different Strains of Salmonella and L. monocytogenes in Biofilms of Stainless Steel
Samuel Kumazawa, University of Campinas; Rafael Chaves, University of Campinas; Anderson de Souza Sant'Ana, University of Campinas (UNICAMP)
2:15 PM
Environmental and Product Related Factors that Influence Pulsed Light Inactivation of Foodborne Pathogens and their Surrogates in Foods
Sheena Hilton, Cornell University; Anne Sauer, Cornell University; Jaqueline de Moraes, Cornell University; Carmen Moraru, Cornell University
2:30 PM
Combating Listeria at Ice Cream Facilities - A Case Study
Mark Czarneski, ClorDiSys Solutions, Inc.; Kevin Lorcheim, Clordisys Solutions, Inc
2:45 PM
The Effect of Bacterial Diversity and Physicochemical Factors on the Survival of Listeria monocytogenes in Soil
Justin Falardeau, The University of British Columbia; Maxime Haure, Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques de L'alimentation et de L'environnement; Khalil Walji, The University of British Columbia; Greg Taylor, British Columbia Genome Sciences Centre; Yussanne Ma, British Columbia Genome Sciences Centre; Sean Smukler, The University of British Columbia; Siyun Wang, The University of British Columbia
3:00 PM
Break
3:30 PM
River Water as a Reservoir for Salmonella enterica on the Maryland Eastern Shore (Delmarva)
Mary Theresa Callahan, University of Maryland; Susan Shepard, Maryland Department Of Agriculture; Deanna Baldwin, Maryland Department of Agriculture; Shirley A. Micallef, University of Maryland
3:45 PM
Associations of GI Microflora with Campylobacter Status in Commercial Broiler Chickens
Brian Oakley, Western University; Nelson Cox, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS-USNPRC; Richard Meinersmann, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS; Mark Berrang, USDA, ARS,RRC
4:00 PM
Survey of Foodborne Viruses in Australian Oysters at Production
Valeria Torok, South Australian Research and Development Institute; Kate Hodgson, South Australian Research and Development Institute; Jessica Tan, South Australian Research and Development Institute; Alison Turnbull, South Australian Research and Development Institute
4:15 PM
Method Development for Detection of Human Norovirus in Produce Samples during an Outbreak Investigation
Efstathia Papafragkou, U.S. Food and Drug Administration; Preeti Chhabra, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Amanda Kita-Yarbro, Public Health Madison & Dane County; Rachel Klos, WI Division of Public Health; Tim Davis, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene; Christopher Elkins, U.S. Food and Drug Administration; Jan Vinje, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Michael Kulka, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
4:30 PM
Aptamer Binding Using Enzyme-Linked Aptamer Sorbent Assay (ELASA) against Human Norovirus Virus-Like Particles and Positive Stool Samples
Janie Outlaw, North Carolina State University; Blanca Escudero-Abarca, North Carolina State University; Lee-Ann Jaykus, North Carolina State University
4:45 PM
Improvement of Virus Extraction from Soft Fruit by Implementing a PCR Inhibitor Removal Kit
Ingeborg Boxman, Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority; Geke Hägele, Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority; Claudia Jansen, Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority
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