IAFP 2017

Friday, July 7, 2017

8:00 AM-5:00 PM


Developing Environmental Monitoring Programs for Small and Midsize Processors
Douglas Marshall, James Dickson, Purnendu Vasavada, Jeremy Adler, Gregory Siragusa

Characterization and Identification of Spoilage-Causing Fungi: A Hands-on Workshop
Emilia Rico-Munoz, Rob Samson, David Pincus, Frank Burns

Validating Pasteurization Processes for Low-Moisture Products
Nathan Anderson, Elizabeth Grasso-Kelley, Susanne Keller, David Anderson, Lisa Lucore, Bradley Marks, Harshavardhan Thippareddi

Saturday, July 8, 2017

8:00 AM-5:00 PM


Developing Environmental Monitoring Programs for Small and Midsize Processors
Douglas Marshall, James Dickson, Purnendu Vasavada, Jeremy Adler, Gregory Siragusa

Characterization and Identification of Spoilage-Causing Fungi: A Hands-on Workshop
Emilia Rico-Munoz, Rob Samson, David Pincus, Frank Burns

Next Generation Sequencing – a Tutorial and Hands on Workshop to Help Understand This Emerging Technology
Jesse Miller, Zachary Geurin, Eric Stevens, Maria Hoffmann, Henk Den-bakker, Peter Cook

12:00 PM-7:00 PM

2:30 PM-5:00 PM

3:00 PM-4:30 PM

3:30 PM-4:30 PM

4:00 PM-5:00 PM

5:00 PM-6:30 PM

Sunday, July 9, 2017

7:00 AM-10:00 AM

7:00 AM-9:00 PM

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

8:00 AM-5:00 PM

9:00 AM-10:45 AM

9:00 AM-11:00 AM

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

12:00 PM-1:30 PM

1:00 PM-3:00 PM

2:00 PM-4:00 PM

3:15 PM-5:15 PM

4:30 PM-5:30 PM

6:00 PM-7:30 PM

Recording files available
Opening Session - Ivan Parkin Lecture
Linda J. Harris, Gary Acuff, Linda J. Harris, Jose Emilio Esteban

7:30 PM-9:30 PM

Monday, July 10, 2017

7:30 AM-5:30 PM

8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Recording files available
S01
STEC Regulation: What is Needed in Global Food Trade?
, Peter Gerner-Smidt, Peter Feng, Ian Jenson
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S05
Pathogen Contamination at Retail: What are the Next Steps?
, Kristina Barlow, Glenda Lewis, Hilary Thesmar
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S07
Latin America: Issues and Initiatives for Food Safety
, Bernadette DGM Franco, Jairo Romero, Maria Teresa Destro

8:30 AM-12:00 PM

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S03
Virulence Factors and Host Susceptibility of Foodborne Pathogens
, David Bean, Roy Betts, Janell Kause, , Trudy Wassenaar, Kumar Venkitanarayanan, Monica Ponder
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S04
Developments in Mycotoxin Research: From Methodology to Prevention
, Rob Samson, Ludwig Niessen, Giancarlo Perrone, , Naresh Magan, Dojin Ryu, Emilia Rico-Munoz

10:00 AM-6:00 PM

10:30 AM-12:00 PM

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S02
Antibiotics in Pre-harvest Production and Associated Risks to Food
, Ashley Peterson, Heather Fowler, Paul Morley
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S08
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S12
Urban Agriculture/Farming and Food Safety
, Patricia Millner, Michelle Smith, James Ratke
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S14
Strategies for Effective Hygienic Zoning
, Duane Grassmann, Polly Courtney, Doug Craven
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S16
Are Culture Methods Obsolete?
, Byron Brehm-Stecher, Cindy Nakatsu, Ahmed Yousef

11:45 AM-1:00 PM

12:15 PM-1:15 PM


SS1
U.S. Regulatory Update on Food Safety
Carmen Rottenberg, Stephen Ostroff,

1:30 PM-3:00 PM


RT1
Starter Cultures as a Natural Antimicrobial to Improve the Safety of Ready-to-Eat Food
Alex Brandt, Kathleen Glass, David B. Schmidt, Abigail Snyder, Peter Taormina and Veronique Zuliani
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S17
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S21
Do Not Stumble Over a Process Deviation: Regain Control with Predictive Microbial Modeling
, Timothy Mohr, Donald W. Schaffner, Harshavardhan Thippareddi
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S25
Non-thermal Plasma Technology for Improving Food Safety and Quality
, Alexander Fridman, Roger Ruan, Brendan Niemira
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S30
Strategic Intervention Design: A Pragmatic Approach to Validation
, Gary Acuff, James Dickson, Pablo Alvarez

1:30 PM-5:00 PM

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S29
After 20 Years of Seafood HACCP, is Our Food Safer?
, Lisa Weddig, Steven Bloodgood, Erin Burdette, , John Jacobs, Jonathan Deeds, Steve Otwell

3:30 PM-5:00 PM


RT2
Hear All About It:  Managing a Crisis
Hal King, Ann Marie McNamara, Theodora Morille-Hinds, Ryan Newkirk, Jennifer Pierquet and Michael Roberson
Recording files available
S24
Battling Bad Bugs: Biological Approaches to Control Pathogens
, Wojciech Janisiewicz, Mindy Brashears, Sam Alcaine
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S26
Let's Get Active!
, Cynthia Ebner, Joe Dunn, S. Balamurugan

5:00 PM-6:00 PM

5:15 PM-6:00 PM

5:15 PM-6:15 PM

5:15 PM-7:00 PM

Tuesday, July 11, 2017

7:30 AM-9:00 AM

8:00 AM-5:30 PM

8:30 AM-10:00 AM


RT3
Seafood-associated Vibriosis: Turning the Trend Around
Erin Burdette, John Jacobs, Ken Moore, Salina Parveen, Chris Schillaci and William Walton

RT5
What is IARC and CA Prop 65?  What on Earth Do They Mean to Me and My Food Safety Program?
James Coughlin, Laurie Dolan, Christie Gray, Eric Mittenthal and George Pugh
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S32
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S42
Mechanisms of Hypervirulence in Selected Foodborne Pathogens
, John Mauer, Qijing Zhang, Victoria Jeffers

8:30 AM-12:00 PM

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SF1
Predictive Microbiology and Risk Assessment Tools
, Mariem Ellouze, Fanny Tenenhaus-Aziza, Yuhuan Chen, Panagiotis Skandamis, , Fernando Pérez-Rodríguez, Yvan Le Marc, Mark Tamplin
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S34
Managing Risk in a Zero Tolerance World
, Don Zink, Robert Buchanan, Luca Cocolin, , Roy Betts, Timothy Jackson, William Hallman
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S35
Novel and Not-so-Novel Cleaning and Sanitizing Methods
, Jeffrey Kornacki, John Merenick, Robin Peterson, , Montgomery Bohanan, Nathan Mirdamadi, Evan Rosen

10:00 AM-3:15 PM

10:00 AM-6:00 PM

10:30 AM-12:00 PM


RT4
Artisanal Food Processing and Food Safety
Joseph Corby, Barbara Ingham, Panagiotis Lekkas and Anna Porto-Fett

RT6
Can Industry and Government Take Safe Food Handling and Preparation Risks Out of the Hands of the Consumer?
Kristina Barlow, Donna Garren, Sanjay Gummalla, Lone Jespersen, Tamika Sims and Kelly Stevens
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S33
What Can Complete Closed Microbial Genomes Provide to Food Safety?
, James Bono, Daniel Hurley, Jaime Martinez-Urtaza
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S37

11:45 AM-1:00 PM

12:15 PM-1:00 PM

1:30 PM-3:00 PM


RT7
It's Going to Take a Village:  Grower Perspectives on FSMA Implementation
Samir Assar, Elizabeth Bihn, Chelsea Matzen, Robert Sakata, Janie Simms Hipp and Bob Ziel
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S44
Modeling Pathogens in Low-water Activity Foods: What, How, and How to Use It
, Sarah Cahill, Sofia Santillana Farakos, Linda J. Harris
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S52
Total Diet Studies: Designs for Monitoring the Food Supply
, Gerald Moy, Katherine Woodward, Mark Wirtz

1:30 PM-5:00 PM


SF2
Software Fair on Predictive Microbiology and Risk Assessment Tools
Yuhuan Chen, Mark Tamplin, Panagiotis Skandamis, Fernando Pérez-Rodríguez, Yvan Le Marc
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S46
Cross Pollination of Listeria Learnings across the Industry
, John Allan, Matthew Ranieri, Joseph Stout, , Hilary Thesmar, Mark Carter, Kathleen Glass
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S47
Stories from the Trenches:  FDA Inspection after Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Implementation
, Lillian Hsu, Benjamin Warren, Samantha Cooper, , Travis Chapin, Kathy Gombas, Sharmi Das

3:30 PM-5:00 PM


RT8
International Strategies to Deliver Food Safety Education via the "Trusted Source":  Health Professionals
Ellen W. Evans, Yaohua Feng, Anthony Flood, Shauna Henley, Jeffrey LeJeune and Glee Van Loon

RT10
FoodOmics: Stop Using a Steamroller to Crack a Nut!
Roy Betts, Eric Brown, Douglas Marshall, Kendra Nightingale, Daniel Smieszek and Mieke Uyttendaele
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S49
Hepatitis E Virus:  An Emerging Foodborne Pathogen?
, Danielle Yugo, Nicole Pavio, Barbara Wilhelm
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S53
Ranking Risks in Low-resource Settings
, Juliana Ruzante, John Bassett, Sarah Cahill
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S55
Translating the Big Data to the Food Industry
, Suresh D. Pillai, Ramin Khaksar, Antonios Zografos

5:00 PM-6:00 PM

5:15 PM-6:15 PM

5:30 PM-6:30 PM

7:00 PM-9:00 PM

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

7:30 AM-8:30 AM

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

8:30 AM-10:00 AM


D1
A Debate: Current Perspectives in Food Safety
, Sarah Cahill, Robert Tauxe, , Sarah Brew, Bill Marler, , Ruth Kava, Stephen Safe,

RT11
National and Regional FSMA Training Centers:  Application of Lessons Learned
Elizabeth Bihn, Michelle Danyluk, Robert McGorrin, Elizabeth Newbold, David Read and Angela Shaw

RT13
Variations on a Theme: The Basis and Consequences of Inconsistent Listeria spp. Standards in Global Regulation
Kris de Smet, Jeffrey Farber, Marta Hugas, Mickey Parish, Tamika Sims and Jane Van Doren
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S58
Fresh Produce-Pathogen Pairs in the U.S. and Europe
, Craig Hedberg, Christopher Baker, Ana Allende
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S60
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S62
Water for Food Processing Falls in the Crack Between RTCR (Revised Total Coliform Rule) and FSMA
, Joel Stokdyk, Vincent Hill, Phyllis Posy, Julie Javier, William Shaw

8:30 AM-12:00 PM

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S57
Foodborne Outbreak Updates
, Kari Irvin, Bonne Kissler, Jenny Scott, , Alvin Crosby, Evelyn Pereira,
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S66
Challenges and Strategies in Detecting Foodborne Pathogens in Low-water Activity Foods
, Joshua Gurtler, Shabarinath Srikumar, Junia Jean-Gilles Beaubrun, , Monica Ponder, Fatmeh Kobaissi, Julie Ann Kase

9:00 AM-3:00 PM

10:30 AM-12:00 PM


RT12
The Devil is in the Details:  Experiences with Early Implementation of the FSMA Produce Safety Rule and Efforts to Fill the Information Gaps
Michelle Danyluk, Bob Ehart, Jennifer McEntire, James Rushing, Don Stoeckel and Trevor Suslow

RT14
Hog Slaughter Modernization and Salmonella Performance Standards:  Should Pork be Treated the Same as Poultry?
Martin Appelt, Michael Bradley, Deirdre Schlunegger, William Shaw and KatieRose McCullough
Recording files available
S56
Chemical and Microbial Risk Assessment: Similarities and Differences
, Joseph Rodricks, Robert Buchanan, Jane Van Doren
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S65
What is the Meaning of Zero Tolerance in the Age of Food Genomics?
, Matthew Ranieri, Douglas Marshall, Andrea Ottesen

11:45 AM-1:30 PM

1:30 PM-3:30 PM

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S67
Preventive Controls Other Than CCP:  Choosing, Verifying, and Validating
, Loralyn Ledenbach, Balasubrahmanyam Kottapalli, Richard Brouillette, Maile Hermida
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S68
The National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System: Twenty Years of Vigilance
, Patrick McDermott, Cindy Friedman, Shaohua Zhao, Uday Dessai
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S69
Empowering Food Laws in Emerging Economies
, Gerald Moy, Atef Idriss, Maria Lovelace-Johnson, Vincent Hegarty
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S70
Microbiological Safety of Unpasteurized Fruit and Vegetable Juices Sold in Juice Bars and Small Retail Outlets
, Armitra Jackson-Davis, Aubrey Mendonca, David Whitman, Lawrence Goodridge
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S71
Advancing Food Safety Internationally through the Use of Innovative Technologies:  Food Irradiation
, Robert Tauxe, Martin Duplessis, Ronald Eustice, Yaohua (Betty) Feng
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S72
Social Responsibility's Influence over Food Safety and Quality
, Ruth Woiwode, Larry Lichter, Bobby Krishna, Jeffrey Kornacki
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S73
Toward Risk-based Microbial Standards for Irrigation Water
, Kelly Bright, Elisabetta Lambertini, Will Daniels, Kruti Ravaliya
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S74
Root Cause Analysis
, Karin Hoelzer, Laura Brown, Timothy Jackson, Jenny Scott

4:00 PM-4:45 PM

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John H. Silliker Lecture
Steve L. Taylor

6:00 PM-7:00 PM

7:00 PM-10:00 PM