Programme and timings
Food microbiology 'hot topics' conference - 1-2 November 2011
Campden BRI, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, GL55 6LD, UK
Tuesday 1 November
08:30 Registration and refreshments
09:00 Introduction and welcome
Dr Phil Voysey, Campden BRI
09:10 Chairman's introduction
Dr Jeffrey Farber, Bureau of Microbial Hazards, Ottawa, Canada
Morning session: Pathogenic E coli
09:15 Overview of pathogenic E. coli
Dr Geraldine Smith, HPA, London
09:55 Development of resistance to biocides and biocidal components in VTEC
Dr Kaye Burgess, Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown, Dublin
10:35 Break
10:55 Characteristics of the enteroaggregative Shiga Toxin/VTEC E. coli O104:H4 strain causing the
outbreak in Germany, May - June 2011
Dr Flemming Scheutz, Dept. of Micro Surveillance & Research, Copenhagen, Denmark
11:35 E. coli O157 in Scotland
Dr Chris Low, Edinburgh University
12:15 Lunch
Afternoon session: Viruses
13:00 Epidemiology
Dr David Allen, HPA London
13:40 Hygiene inspections on passenger ships
Phil Best, PBEH
14:20 Break
14:40 Challenges for the prevention of norovirus and hepatitis A virus in food samples
Dr Fabienne Loisy-Hamon, CEERAM, France
15:20 Inactivation of enteric viruses in minimally processed berries and vegetables
Dr Gloria Sanchez, Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology,
IATA-CSIC, Valencia, Spain
Efficacy of current technologies to inactivate enteric viruses in produce
16:00 Conference close and Chairman's summary
Wednesday 2 November
08:45 Arrival refreshments
09:00 Chairman's introduction
Dr Roy Betts, Campden BRI
Morning session: Listeria
09:10 L. monocytogenes and Listeriosis in the UK
Dr Kathie Grant, HPA, London
09:50 Listeria in the food chain: a Canadian perspective
Dr Jeffrey Farber, Bureau of Microbial Hazards, Food
Directorate, Ottawa, Canada
10:30 Break
10:50 Control of L. monocytogenes in the chilled food chain
Dr Roy Betts, Campden BRI
11:30 Detection of Listeria using bacteriophage technology
Julien Defferrard, bioMérieux Industry
12:10 Lunch
Afternoon session: Beneficial organisms
13:00 Influence of probiotics and prebiotics on the human gut and its flora
Prof George Mcfarlane, Dundee University
13:40 Probiotic assessment of bacterial isolates
Dr Arjan Narbad, IFR
14:30 Break
14:50 Fungal biocontrol agents
Prof Tariq Butt, University of Swansea
– New EU legislation on pesticide usage and need for benign alternatives - reasons for reducing pesticide residues in the food chain
– Value of fungal biocontrol agents - and strategies we use to reduce pesticide input
– Risk analysis of fungal biocontrol agents - i.e. do residues enter the food chain and pose a risk to humans and the environment?
15:30 Understanding how bacteria adapt to the intestinal environment and become stable
residents of the gut microbiota
Dr Sacha Lucchini, IFR
16:10 Chairman's summary and conference close
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