Sophie Butot

Nestlé Research Center
Lausanne Switzerland

Biographical Sketch: Sophie Butot obtained her Master degree in food and environmental Microbiology at the University of Bourgogne and AgroSup in France. Since 2003, she works as a scientist at Nestlé Research Center in Lausanne, Switzerland. Her field of expertise comprises development and performance evaluation of molecular methods for detection of food- and waterborne viruses and assessment of the effect food processing technologies on virus survival. She is a member of the working group “Enteric viruses in food” of the European Committee for Standardization (CEN/TC 275/WG6/TAG4) and she actively contributes by being the bottled water matrix expert.

Papers:
T1-12 Inactivation of Salmonella, Shiga-toxin Producing Escherichia coli, Listeria monocytogenes, Hepatitis A Virus, and Selected Surrogates on Frozen Blueberries by Candying