Symposium: Eat Your Fruits & Veggies?
The Enigma of a Healthy Diet

Please join us during the International Association for Food Protection annual conference for the 6th Annual Scientific Symposium from bioMérieux moderated by Michael Brodsky, President, Brodsky Consultants.

The symposium will kickoff with a keynote address from Dr. Michael Doyle, Regents Professor of Food Microbiology and Director, Center for Food Safety, University of Georgia, as he discusses the growing concern of pathogen contamination in fresh packed produce.

Since this is a ready to eat (RTE) product, processors must be very focused on the importance of providing a safe and healthy product to the consumers. Dr. Doyle will speak on the challenges in producing a pathogen free fresh cut product and raise the question whether or not diagostic testing could be a possible intervention.

Schedule:

Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Disney Contemporary Resort
Room: Nutcracker 3
  Registration:  6:00 – 7:00pm
  Symposium:   7:00 – 9:00pm
  Reception/Dinner:  9:00pm

An expert panel of key opinion leaders will open the floor to the audience and tackle some key topics such as:

What are the risks for foodborne illness associated with fresh produce?

How reliable is the data used for risk analysis?

Are we making a mountain out of a mole hill?

How can the risks be mitigated or managed?

What is being done at the various links on the supply chain to prevent contamination: farm, processing, distribution and retailing?

Why is there so much attention to E. coli O157:H7?

What about other pathogens?

Should we be testing for indicator organisms? If so, which ones?

What are the benefits and limitations of routine monitoring?

Is there a role for strain typing?

Is there a better way?

Round Table Experts:

Michael Doyle
Regents Professor of Food Microbiology and Director,
Center for Food Safety, University of GA

Gregory Siragusa
Research Microbiologist/Lead Scientist, Agricultural Research Service, USDA

Will Daniels,
Vice President, Quality, Food Safety, and Organic Integrity, Earthbound Farm

Larry Beuchat,
Distinguished Research Professor, Center for Food Safety, University of GA

Shanker Reddy,
Technical Lead, USDA, AMS

Register and attend the symposium for a chance of winning an iPod^® shuffle!