GFSSS 2009 Annual Symposium: Outbreaks

Annual Symposium, October 22

Outbreaks: Learning from the Past, Preparing for the Future

For available presentation/abstract click hyperlinks of presentation titles. For speaker biographies  click hyperlink of speaker name (links coming soon).

1. An Investigation into a Foodborne Outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 Associated with a Restaurant in North Bay, Ontario
Mike Duncan and Louise Gagne, North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit

2. Pathogen Control Best Practices in Food Plants
Ruby M Lee, Guelph Food Technology Centre 

3. Multi-Jurisdictional Outbreak Investigations: Challenges and Lessons Learned 
James Flint, Senior Epidemiologist, Outbreak Management Division, Centre for Food-borne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Public Health Agency of Canada

4. Safe Food Packaging
Carol Zweep, Guelph Food Technology Centre

5. The Ontario Multi-Agency Foodborne Outbreak/ Food Recall Working Group. 
Louise Sharpe, Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Yvonne Whitfield, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

6. Food Safety Culture: A Necessary Prerequisite for the Production of Safe Food
Randy Huffman, Maple Leaf Foods