BC Food Protection Association Fall Workshop
BCFPA, aiming at “To provide a forum to exchange information on protecting the food” is organizing a fall workshop:
New Technologies and Traditional Methods: Piecing Together The Food Safety Puzzle
Time: November 7th, 2016
Location: Delta Conference Center, Burnaby BC
Schedule:
| 7:30 | Registration/breakfast |
| 8:15 | Introduction/opening |
| 8:30 | Keynote Speaker – Assumptions that Prevent Solving Problems in Food Processing Environments by Jeffrey Kornacki |
| 9:45 | Nutrition Break |
| 10:15 | Environmental Monitoring and Sanitation |
| Traceability | |
| 12:30 | Lunch/poster evaluation/networking |
| 14:00 | Trends in Food Processing |
| Genomics | |
| 16:30 | Closing/poster award |
| 16:45 | Reception/wine and cheese |
Tentative presentations:
| Environmental Monitoring and Sanitation
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– Natural vs synthetic cleaners
– Listeria monitoring – What does interpretive summary mean? – Sampling best practices |
| Traceability
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– Detection of food fraud and adulteration using novel spectroscopic techniques.
– Implementing FSMA requirements. – Retailer’s perspective. – Implementing Traceability. |
| Trends in Food Processing
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– Beer brewing – Sanitation and production
– Fermentation – Food preservation through microwave drying – Public health implications of extending shelf life of table eggs
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| Genomics
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– The sequencing revolution
– Use of Microbial Genomics in Research of VTEC – Applications of genome sequencing: WGS for foodborne pathogens OR metagenomics in water – Genome sequencing |
Price:
| Early Bird (by Oct 17) | Regular | |
| Member | $120 | $150 |
| Non-member | $170 | $200 |
| Student/Retired | $60 | $75 |
Student volunteer:
Two student volunteers are needed. Volunteers will get a 50% discount to attend the workshop.
Please email at huyaxi2004@gmail.com is you are interested.
Details about the event can be found in: http://bcfoodprotection.ca/event-2331352