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Cole, M.

Lecturer on Food Safety Requirements at the IFT.  Commercializing Non-thermal Technologies Short Course, New Orleans, USA, July, 2005

Consideration of microbiological criteria for powdered infant formula.
Presented to the CODEX Food Hygiene Drafting Group on Code of Practice for Food for Infants and Children, Ottawa, Canada, November 2004.

International Developments in Managing Beverage Safety and Stability. Key Note presented at the International Sanitation Symposium for the Food and Beverage Industry, Orlando, USA, February 2005.

Role of ICMSF/CODEX Risk Management Framework in the Harmonization of Food Standards. Presented at the IFT Global Harmonization of Regulations and Legislation, Lisle, USA, April 2005.

Predictive Microbial Modeling in foods. Presented at the IFT Non-thermal Processing Division, New Orleans, USA, July, 2005.

International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods (ICMSF) Presented at the International Food Microbiology Conference, Campden, UK, June 2005.

Statistical Sampling Plans for Finished Products. Presented at the International Association for Food Protection, Baltimore, USA, August 2005.

Cordier, J.L.

Latinamerican Microbiology Congress Colmic (Colombia 18.5. – 20.5.05) with lectures: "Enterobacter sakazakii", "Process Validation" and "Microbiological Risk Assessment – Practical Examples".

IAFP/ILSI Europe – European Symposium of Food Safety "Recontamination issues in the Food industry" (11.10.05). Lecture: "The importance of recontamination as a cause of incidents – state of affairs".

Swiss Society on Food Hygiene – 38th Meeting "New food related pathogens – Eine Herausforderung für die Lebensmittelhygiene ?" (16.9.05). Lectures "Enterobacter sakazakii" and "Auswirkungen für die Lebensmittelindustrie".

ICMSF/RAC/ILSI/IAFP/IFT Symposium "Relating Microbiological Testing and Microbiological Criteria to Public Health Goals" (30.10.05). Lecture: "Industry uses of microbiological testing and microbiological criteria in themanufacturing of processed foods".

Babyfood Safety Seminar (29.11.05) - Wageningen University (NL, 29.11.2005). Lecture: Marketing and "consumer" communication aspects as seen from industry (safety and health aspects).

FAO/WHO Regional Conference on Food Safety for the Americas and the Caribbean; Side event co-organized with ISDI (8.12.2005) on "Microbiological Safety of Infant Formula". Lecture: "Minimizing Microbiological Contamination in the Manufacture of Infant Formula – a Perspective from Industry".

Dahms, S.

Approaches for deriving microbiological criteria from performance objectives and performance criteria ICMSF/RAC/ILSI/IAFP/IFT Symposium on Relating

Microbiological Testing and Microbiological Criteria to Public Health Goals, Washington DC, Oct 31 – Nov 1, 2005.

Farber, J.

Farber, J. 2005. Enterobacter sakazakii in infant foods - Should we be concerned? Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors, Toronto, Ontario.

Farber, J. 2005. Enterobacter sakazakii in powdered infant formula. Washington, D.C. Symposium on relating microbiological testing and criteria to public health goals.

Lenati, R., K. Hébert, J. Farber and F. Pagotto. 2005. The Ecology of Enterobacter sakazakii in Human Breast Milk, Fortified Breast Milk and Powdered Infant Formula. Health Canada Science Forum: Science in Support of Health Policies and Regulations, Ottawa, Ontario, October 24-25, 2005.

Lenati, R., K. Hébert, Y. Kou, S. McIlwham, K. Tyler, J. Farber and F. Pagotto. 2005. A Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing: Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Enterobacter sakazakii. Health Canada Science Forum: Science in Support of Health Policies and Regulations, Ottawa, Ontario, October 24-25, 2005.

Banerjee, S., X. Wan, R. Adm, E. Buenaventura, D. Graham, M. Desbiens, S. Thibault, J.-Y. D’Aoust and J.M. Farber. 2005. Occurrence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus on Molluscan Shellfish at Harvest in Canada: A Monitoring Program In Support of Health Policies and Regulations. Health Canada Science Forum: Science in Support of Health Policies and Regulations, Ottawa, Ontario, October 24-25, 2005.

Plante, M., K. Karthikeyan, S. Bidawid and J.M. Farber. 2005. Rapid Extraction and Detection of Hepatitis A Virus from Food Samples. Health Canada Science Forum: Science in Support of Health Policies and Regulations, Ottawa, Ontario, October 24-25, 2005.

Plante, M:, J.M. Farber, S. Bidawid, F. Pagotto and N. Corneau. 2005. Development of a Common Rapid Method for Norovirus Concentration and Detection in Various Food Matrices. Health Canada Science Forum: Science in Support of Health Policies and Regulations, Ottawa, Ontario, October 24-25, 2005.

Farber, J. 2005. The safety of raw milk cheeses. Wisconsin Association for Food Protection, Wisconsin, U.S.A. Farber, J. 2005. Enterobacter sakazakii - a foodborne pathogen? Wisconsin Association for Food Protection, Wisconsin, U.S.A.

Farber, J. 2005. Policy on raw milk cheeses – A Canadian Perspective. IAFP Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.

Flowers, R.

Rapid Methods for Microbial Detection, International Dairy  Foods Association’s Plant Operations Conference, May 5, 2005, Phoenix, AZ, USA

Use of Microbiological Data in the Control of Food Safety and Quality, Silliker Southern California Technical Conference, June 22, 2005, Cypress, CA, USA

Industry Challenges to Assure Compliance with Microbiological Food Safety Objectives, Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology, 38th Annual Convention, July 12, 2005, Sydney, Australia

Industry Laboratory Capabilities and Preparedness, Symposium on Laboratory Response to Food Bioterrorism, International Association of Food Protection Annual Meeting, August 15, 2005, Baltimore, MD, USA

Overview of Food Safety in the Manufacture of Pet Food Products, Masterfoods Pet Food Division Food Safety Summit, August 24, 2005, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Summary and Recommendations of the AOAC International Presidential Task Force: Best Practices for Validation of Microbiological Methods, AOAC International Annual Meeting, September 15, 2005, Orlando, FL, USA

Microbial Control in Confectionery, American Association of Candy Technologists, National Technical Seminar, September 21, 2005, Lincolnshire, IL, USA

Principles of Microbiological Testing: Methodological Concepts, Classes and Considerations, Relating Testing and Microbiological Criteria to Public Health Goals, ICMSF-ILSI Seminar, October 31, 2005, Washington, DC, USA

Application and Limitations of Microbiological Testing to Assure Food Safety, New European Microbiological Criteria: Strategic and practical Implications for the Food Chain Actors, Silliker- France Food Safety and Quality Symposium, December 1, 2005, Paris, France

Use of Microbiological Data in the Control of Food Safety and Quality, Workshop on Establishment and Application of Food Microbiological Criteria, ICMSF - China sub-commission and ILSI - Asia Pacific Symposium, Beijing, China

Franco, B.

Organizer of the course on Microbiological Risk Assessment, taught by Dr. Mike Van Schothorst (25h). Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, May 9-13.

Invited speaker in the 8th Latin American Congress of Food Microbiology, Bogota, Colombia, 2005.

Invited speaker in 2nd Latin American Congress of Food Hygienists, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2005

Invited speaker in the Carrefour 2005 Food Safety Congress, Evian, France, 2005.

Invited speaker in the 23th Brazilian Congress of Microbiology, Santos, Brazil, 2005.

Gorris, L.

Invited lecture “Risk Assessment in the public and private context”. Escola Superior de Biotecnologia. July 2004. Lisbon, Portugal (November)

Invited lecture ” History and context to the development of Predictive Microbiology and Microbiological Risk Assessment” at Society for Applied Microbiology Winter meeting, Norwich, UK (January)

Invited lecture “Risk Communication - involving stakeholders in product innovation” Seminar on EFSA at the European Institute of Public Administration, Maastricht, NL (March)

Invited speaker at the 2005 CCFH Annual meeting preworkshop on the Proposed draft principles and guidelines for the conduct of microbiological risk management. Buenos Aires, Argentina (March).

Risk Analysis in the context of Codex Alimentarius. Post-Graduate training course “Management of Food Safety and Microbiology Risks” University of Wageningen, The Netherlands (April).

Relevance of Risk Analysis for Food Industry. Post-Graduate training course “Management of Food Safety and Microbiology Risks”. University of Wageningen, The Netherlands (April).

Preservation and inactivation. Post-Graduate training course “Management of Food Safety and Microbiology Risks”. University of Wageningen, The Netherlands (April).

Food  Invited Lecture “Minimum requirements for effective food safety interventions” at the Food Safety Research Consortium Food Safety Interventions and Food Attribution Workshop, University of Georgia (April)

Invited Lecture “Issues with water recycling in the food industry”at the 2005 Annual Meeting of The International Association of Food Protection, Baltimore, US (August)

Invited Lecture “Use of Food Safety Objectives and Microbial Risk Assessment in Food Safety Management in (a) Food Industry” at the 2005 Annual Meeting of The International

Association of Food Protection, Baltimore, US (August)

Invited lecture ”Utility of Microbiological Risk Assessment (MRA) – Industry perspective” at the ILSI-Europe/IAFP Workshop on Using Microbiological Risk Assessment in Food Safety

Management Prague, Czech Republic (October)

Gram, L.

Gram, L. 2005. Microbial cell signalling during food spoilage. Invited talk at the 157th meeting of the Society for General Microbiology, University of Keele 14th September 2005, UK

Rasch, M., T.B. Rasmussen, T.O. Larsen, M. Givskov and L. Gram 2005. The effect of quorum sensing inhibitors on food spoilage. Paper presented at IFT general meeting, July 17th - 21st, New Orleans, USA

Gram, L. 2005. Fish probiotics - a story of bacteria and stars. Invited presentation at Center of Marine Biotechnology, Maryland, Baltimore, 26th October 2005.

Gram, L. 2005. Listeria monocytogenes and smoked fish. Hypothetical example of FSO-derived microbiological criteria. Paper to be presented at ICMSF/RAC/ILSI/IAFP/IFT Symposium Relating Microbiological Testing and Microbiological Criteria to Public Health Goals October 31- November 1, Washington DC, USA.

Kasuga, F.

“Recent progresses on microbiological risk assessment-related experiences in Japan and lessons learned” Food Safety Conference “Overview of Monitoring Programme”, April, 2005, Malaysia

“Microbiological Risk Assessment – Present Status” Training Program for Meat Inspectors, June, 2005, Japan

“Risk Assessment for Foodborne Diseases” IntroductoryCourse, FETP Japan, August, 2005, Japan

Lammerding, A.

Introduction to Risk Analysis, Public Health Inspectors Training Program (participants from China), Guelph Food Technology Centre, Canada, February 2005.

Keynote Address - Food Safety Objectives: Targets for Risk Managers, Congress Food Sci. Technol., Argentine Association of Food Technol., Mar del Plata, Argentina, May 2005.

Intro Association of Food Technologists, Mar del Plata, Argentina, May 2005.

Microbial Risk Assessment as a Basis for Food Safety Risk Management: Past, Present and Tomorrow, Korean Society of Food Safety & Hygiene, Seongnam, South Korea, Nov. 2005

Swanson, K.

Swanson, K.M.J. 2005. Surface Safety/Cleaning Chemistry. Presented at Food Safety: From the Surface Up, Myrtle Beach, SC, February 24.

Swanson, K.M.J. 2005. Food Safety, Protection and Defense – What is Industry’s Role? Presented at The University of Minnesota School of Public Health Roundtable Series on Foods and Health, Minneapolis, MN March 8.

Swanson, KMJ. 2005. L. monocytogenes Challenge Study Protocols for Ready-to-Eat Products. Presented in Advanced HACCP: How to Keep Your Plan Current and Relevant at the Food Safety Summit, Washington DC, March 17.

Swanson, KMJ. 2005. Cooperating to Protect the Global Food Supply: the Minnesota Model. Presented at the National Institute for Animal Health Annual Meeting – Protecting the Global Food Supply: Growing Concerns for Emerging Zoonotic Diseases, St. Paul, MN, April 7.

Swanson, KMJ. 2005. Food Safety by Design, Looking at the Big Picture. Presented at HACCP Prerequisites, GMPs, SSOPs. Bogotá, Colombia, May 16.

Swanson, KMJ. 2005. Food Safety by Design, GMPs & SSOPs. Presented at HACCP Prerequisites, GMPs, SSOPs. Bogotá, Colombia, May 16.

Swanson, KMJ. 2005. ICMSF Sampling Plans. Presented at HACCP Prerequisites, GMPs, SSOPs. Bogotá, Colombia, May 17.

Swanson, KMJ. 2005. Implementation of risk management decisions in the food industry. Presented at Latin American Congress of Food Microbiology and Hygiene. Bogotá, Colombia, May 20.

Swanson, KMJ. 2005. Advances in cleaning and sanitation. Presented at Latin American Congress of Food Microbiology and Hygiene. Bogotá, Colombia, May 21.

Swanson, KMJ. 2005. Preparation and Prevention – An Ongoing Need for Effective Food Protection.. Presented at Food for Thought: The Current State of Food Safety & Security. Minneapolis, MN, July 13

Salter, R.S., S. Hefle, L.S. Jackson, A. McBroom, and K.M.J. Swanson. 2005. Use of a sensitive adenosine triphosphate method to quickly verify wet cleaning effectiveness at removing food soils and allergens from food contact surfaces. Poster presented at the International Association for Food Protection Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, August 15.

Swanson, KMJ. 2005. Sanitation – Essential for Listeria monocytogenes Control. Presented at the International Association for Food Protection Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, August 16.

Swanson, KMJ. 2005. Verification & Validation of Plant Sanitization Intervention Approaches. Presented at the International Association for Food Protection Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, August 17.

Swanson, KMJ. 2005. Wet cleaning and CIP for allergen control. Presented at FARRP Food Allergen Sanitation Conference. Rosemont, IL, October 27.

Hilgren, J., K.M.J. Swanson, F. Diez-Gonzalez, and B. Cords. 2005. Bacillus anthracis spore inactivation by sanitizing agents in the presence of food. Presented at the National Center for Food Protection and Defense Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 1.

Cords, B.R., K.M.J. Swanson, J.D. Hilgren, F. Diez-Gonzalez. 2005. Disposal and decontamination. Presented at the National Center for Food Protection and Defense Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 1.

Swanson, K.M.J. 2005. Listeria monocytogenes external initiatives – risk, shelflife, and tolerance. Presented at Grandover Listeria Symposium, Greenboro, NC, November 10.

Xiumei Liu

Presentation at CHINA-UK Workshop on Foodborne Pathogens on “Outbreaks of Microbial Foodborne Diseases in China”, Beijing, March 2005

Presentation at WHO International Mycotoxin Workshop on “Asian perspective for Public Health Strategies for Preventing Aflatoxin Exposure”, Geneva, July 2005

Presentation at ILSI ASEAN, 5th ASEAN Food Safety Standards Harmonization Workshop on “Microbiological Risk Assessment, Updates on JEMRA”, Thailand, September 2005

Presentation at The 3rd World Mycotoxin Forum on “China approach towards international regulations”, the Netherlands, November 2005

Report from 37th Annual ICMSF meeting: consideration of microbiological criteria for powdered infant formulaWorking Group CCFH, Code of Hygienic Practice for Food for Infants and Children, Ottawa, 8-10th November 2004. Download PDF version.

Dahms, Susanne (2002) "ICMSF Lecture on Microbiological Sampling Plans". Presented at IAFP Annual Meeting, San Diego, 2002. Download PDF version.