6th Annual Produce Research Symposium
Keynote Sessions
Food Safety Beyond the Boundaries of the Farm
Food safety research has largely been pointed toward growing operations. However, we know instinctively that food safety is the responsibility of the entire produce supply chain. Various segments of the supply chain will discuss their food safety activities, their most important food safety research needs and where they see this issue evolving as technology, transparency and regulation drive change over the next decade.
Moderator:
Bryan Silbermann, Produce Marketing Association
Panel Members:
Shelley Feist, Fight BAC
Rick Stein, Food Marketing Institute
William Weichelt, National Restaurant Association
Tuesday, June 23rd 8:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Changing Landscape of Foodborne Illness Investigations and Analyses
This session will explore how outbreaks are changing, and methods and data for the Centers for Disease Control uses in outbreak investigations and analyses attributing illnesses to foods. We will gain insight into the types of investigations CDC conducts and the need for different types of data from multiple sources to increase the accuracy of foodborne illness investigations and analyses.
Moderator:
Christopher Braden, Director for the Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases
Panel Members:
Peter Gerner-Smidt, Chief of the Enteric Diseases Laboratory Branch in the Division for Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases
Kristina M. Angelo, Epidemic Intelligence Services Officer
Amanda Conrad, Epidemiologist, Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch
Patricia M. Griffin, Chief of the Enteric Diseases Epidemiology/Branch
Wednesday, June 24th 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Please click on the CPS 2015 AGENDA to see all the topics at this year's symposium!
CPS Contact:
Bonnie Fernandez-Fenaroli, Executive Director
Phone (530) 554-9706
Email bonnie@centerforproducesafety.org