AGENDA
Food Forum for
Industry and Government in Southwestern Ontario
Join us in September this year for the annual Food Forum for Industry and Government in Southwestern Ontario (FFIGS) symposium!
To be held in person on Wednesday September 27th, 2023!
29thAnnual Workshop (2023)
Food Safety - An Ever-Changing Landscape
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September 27, 2023
8:30 AM - 3:15 PM
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Elm Hurst Inn & Spa 415 Harris Street, P. O. Box 123 Ingersoll, Ontario, N5C 3K1 |
| Time | Topic |
| 8:30 AM | Registration / Coffee |
| 9:00 AM | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| 9:15 AM | Presentation #1: Gas phase hydroxyl process for enhancing food safety and shelf-life of foods: from the lab to commercial reality
-- Dr. Keith Warriner, University of Guelph & Paul Moyer, Clean Works |
| 10:15 AM | Presentation #2: Feeling eel? Fish, fish products and food safety -- Dr. Alex Reid (OMAFRA) |
| 10:45 AM | Break and Networking |
| 11:00 AM | Presentation #3: Aconite poisoning in York Region: Successes and Lessons Learned -- Dr. JoAnne Fernandes, Associate Medical Officer of Health for The Regional Municipality of York &
Dorianna Simone, Manager, York region Health
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| 11:30 AM | Presentation #4: Salmonella outbreaks associated with tofu and tahini- foods of growing popularity -- Christina Lee, Public Health Ontario |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch and Networking |
| 1:00 PM | Presentation #5: Listeria monocytogenes and challenges in Direct-to-Consumer Food Establishments -- Naghmeh Parto and Kelly Briscoe, Public Health Ontario |
| 1:30 PM | Presentation #6: What is Food Safety Culture and Why is it Important? -- Jennifer McCreary, Training Manager, NSF |
| 1:00 PM | Presentation #7: Food Fraud -- Renata McGuire, Training Program Manager - Food Division, NSF |
| 3:00 PM | Closing remarks |
| 3:15 PM | Adjournment |