Past Meetings

Fall 2011 Meeting on Food Safety Challenges and Solutions for Various Commodities (click here for more information)

  • Dr. David Gombas (United Fresh Produce Association) – Challenges Facing the Fresh Produce Industry
  • Susan Brown (McCormick) – Spice Supply Chain: Challenges and Guidance
  • Scott Goltry (American Meat Institute) – Opportunities and Solutions in the Complex World of Meat Food Safety
  • Sarah Markland (University of Delaware and CAFPA Student Travel Award Winner) – The Recovery of Superdormant Spores of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus weihenstephanensis Following Ozone Exposure

Spring 2011 Meeting on Unpasteurized Milk (click here for more information)

  • Dr. Isabell Walls (USDA-NIFA) – Foodborne Disease: An Important Public Health Issue
  • Dr. Jo Ann Van Kessel (USDA-ARS) – Zoonotic Bacteria and Dairy Farming
  • Dr. Beth Briczinski (National Milk Producers Federation) – Industry Perspective on Raw Milk

Fall 2010 Meeting on Salmonella Enteriditis in Eggs (click here for more information)

  • Tracy Duvernoy (FDA, CFSAN) – 2010 Outbreak: Salmonella and Eggs: An Update
  • Dr. Sherrill Davison (University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine) – Salmonella Enteritidis and Its Ability to Persist in Eggs
  • Mr. Howard Magwire (United Egg Producers) – Industry Perspective on the 2010 Outbreak and Recent Regulations

Spring 2010 Meeting on Noroviruses (click here for more information)

  • David Bergmire-Sweat (MPH – North Carolina Division of Public Health) – Epidemiological Investigations of Norovirus Outbreaks
  • Dr. Marianne Miliotis (FDA, CFSAN) – Risk Profile of Norovirus
  • Dr. Kalmia Kniel  (University of Delaware) –  Persistence of Norovirus in Pre-harvest Environments
  • Dr. Gary Richards (USDA-ARS) – Detection Methods and Interventions for Norovirus in Shellfish

Fall 2009 Meeting on Non-O157 Shiga Toxin-production E. coli (STEC) (click here for more information)

  • Dr. Angela Melton Celsa (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences) – Overview of Shiga-toxin E. coli (STEC)
  • Dr. Hannah Gould (CDC) – Update on the Epidemiology of STEC in the United States
  • Dr. Pina Fratamico (USDA-ARS) – Methods for Detection and Identification of Non-O157 Shiga Toxin-producing E. coli
  • Dr. Barbara Masters (Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Bode Matz PC)  – Regulatory Perspective on Non-O157 STEC