2012 Ontario Food Safety Research Forum

The 10th Annual Research Forum featured Dr. Ewen Todd, international expert in foodborne illness and risk assessment. Other speakers presented their findings from OMAFRA-funded research. Click on the links below to access the presentation slides.

Date: Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Location: Victoria Park East Golf Club, 1096 Victoria Road South Guelph, ON 

Presentations

Dr. David Sparling, University of Western Ontario
The changing environment for food safety, traceability and regulation

Dr. Jan Sargeant, University of Guelph
Systematic assessment of the use and value of deliberate challenge trials in pre-harvest food safety research

Dr. Kirsten Mattison, Health Canada
The Future of Food Safety

Dr. Ann Huber, Soil Resource Group
Pathogen die-off rates following manure application under Ontario field conditions

Ms. Ashley Cooper, Health Canada
Enteric pathogens in compost: analysis of survival, regrowth and the risk for transmission of a variety of organisms

Dr. Keith Warriner, University of Guelph
Prevalence of Clostridium difficile and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and infecting bacteriophage in pork processing

Dr. Qi Wang, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Development of encapsulated bacteriophage for effective delivery to chicken intestine for the control of food-borne Salmonella (For a copy of Dr. Wang's presentation, contact her at qi.wang@agr.gc.ca)

Keynote speaker: Dr. Ewen Todd, Michigan State University 
What I Have Learned in 44 Years as a Food Microbiologist