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2003 Conference: From the Farm Gate to the Dinner Plate
OPENING PLENARY
Where Academia
Fits in the Food Safety Continuum
Mansel Griffiths,
NSERC/DFO Chair in Dairy Microbiology and Director, Canadian Research
Institute for Food Safety, University of Guelph
Food Safety
Issues Facing the Industry Marketing vs Safety
Joanna Karman
IPSOS-Reid
Food Safety
Perceptions vs Reality: Surveys on Consumer Confidence in Food Safety
Simone Demers
Collins, President, Food Safety Info Society
The Role of
Governments in Food Safety Over the Next Decade
Ronald Doering,
Partner, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP and former President of the Canadian Food
Inspection Agency
LUNCHEON
ADDRESS
Lori Lane, Farm Credit Canada
BASELINE
STUDIES AND MITIGATION STRATEGIES
Overview of
Microbiological Baseline Studies of Raw Pork, Beef and Chicken Carcasses in
Ontario Abattoirs
Pat Johnson,
Abdullahi Mahdi and Tom Baker, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food
The Alberta Food
Safety Division Surveillance and Collaborative Research for Salmonella in Swine:
Questions Addressed and Questions Remaining
Andrijana Rajic,
Margaret McFall, Eva Chow, Narine Singh, and John Brown, Alberta Agriculture,
Food and Rural Development
Current and
Future Baseline Studies on Ontarios Dairy Products
Bruce Keown,
Rena Hubers, Pat Johnson, Abdullahi Mahdi and Tom Baker, Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food
Detection of Salmonella,
Trichinella and Toxoplasma Antibodies in Alberta Wild Boars at Slaughter
Eva Chow,
Andrijana Rajic and John Wu and Ken Dies, Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural
Development
Enterohemorrhagic E. coli in Cattle Production Environments: Advancements
and Challenges
David G. Renter,
Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
Prevalence and
Risk Factors of Pathogenic E. coli, Including 0157:H7 in Western Canadian
Cow/Calf Herds
Sheryl Gow,
Cheryl Waldner and Musangu Ngeleka, Western College of Veterinary Medicine
Investigation of
Acetic and Propionic Acids as Agents for Control of E. coli O157:H7 in
Drinking Water for Livestock
Susan J. Bach,
Tim A. McAllister and Douglas M. Veira, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Vic
P.J. Ganon, Health Canada; Rick A. Holley, University of Manitoba
DNA
Fingerprinting Approach to Trace the Sources of E. coli Contamination
from Farm to Ground Beef
Mueen Aslam,
Gordon Greer, Frances Nattress and Colin Gill, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada;
Lynn McMullen, University of Alberta, Department of Agricultural, Food &
Nutritional Sciences
ON-FARM FOOD
SAFETY
The Canadian
Approach to On-Farm Food Safety
Albert Chambers,
Canadian On-Farm Food Safety Working Group
The Development
of the Canadian Quality Assurance (CQA) Program: Lessons Learned About On-Farm
Food Safety
Julia Keenliside,
Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development; Sarah Turner, Alberta Quality
Pork
Alberta Beef
Quality Starts Here
Joyce Van
Donkersgoed, Alberta Beef Quality Starts Here
On-Farm Food
Safety Recognition Program
Rick Gammer,PAg
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
On-Farm Food
Safety: Experiences of the PEI Horticultural Sector
Nancy Lovering,
PEI Horticultural Association
On-Farm Food
Safety Pilot Project for BC Blueberry and Raspberry Growers
Raman Gill, BC
Blueberry Council and Raspberry Industry Development Council
Field-to-Fork
On-Farm Food Safety in Ontario
Beatrice Rinke,
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food
The Challenges
of Implementation
Dawn Leblanc,
Canadian On-Farm Food Safety Working Group
RISK ASSESSMENT
AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF DISEASE
The Food Safety
Universe Risk Assessment and Risk Ranking Database
Bruce McNab,
Grant Campbell, Ana Matu and Michael Cassidy, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture
and Food
Estimating the
Total Health-Related Impact of Microbial Food-Borne Pathogens in Ontario Using
Monte Carlo Simulation to Characterize Uncertainty
Grant Campbell,
Michael Cassidy and Bruce McNab, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Does One Mad Cow
Equal One Dead Industry? BSE in Canada
James
Unterschultz, University of Alberta; Jill E. Hobbs, University of Saskatchewan,
Department of Agricultural Economics; Mel Lerohl, University of Alberta,
Department of Rural Economy
Pest Control
Benefits vs the Risks
Denise Dewar,
CropLife Canada
Health Tradeoffs
in Pesticide Regulation
Sean B. Cash,
University of Alberta; David L. Sunding and David Zilberman, University of
California, Agriculture and Resource Economics
BASELINE
STUDIES CHEMICAL RESIDUES
Baseline Risk
Study of Potential Chemical Contaminants in Ontario Farm-Raised Rainbow
Trout
Michael Cassidy,
Ana Matu, and Gavin Downing, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Surveillance of
Selected Antimicrobial Residues in the 2000 Alberta Honey Crop
Joe Kendall, Don
Noot and Michael Ehmann, Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
Use of
Controlled Samples to Assess an Unknown Inhibitor in Rabbits
Andrea Smallwood
and Robert Vanderwoude, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Baseline Study
of Ontario Unpasteurized Apple Cider
Luis Garcia-Vela, Bob Forrest, Abdullahi Mahdi, Melodie
Wynne and Tom Baker, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food
HACCP AND LEGAL
ISSUES
What You Should
Know About HACCP
Brian Collis,
Collis Consulting Inc.
HACCP Systems
and the Management of Medication Residues in Feed Manufacturing: A
Practitioners Perspective
Paul Brubacher,
Floradale Feed Mill Limited
Ontarios HACCP
Standard
Troy Jenner,
Molly Elliott, Cynthia Menyhart, Andrea Martin and Pat Johnson, Ontario Ministry
of Agriculture and Food
A Legal Analysis
of Country of Origin Labelling Requirements
Patricia Farnese,
University of Saskatchewan
TRACEABILITY OF
FOOD
Traceability:
Across the Food Chain; Across the Country; Across the Globe
Dan Lutz, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Effective Data
Collection for Efficient and Accurate Traceability
Tamara Fernandes
and Nigel Henriques, Beef Improvement Ontario
A Canadian DNA
Traceability Trial to Enhance the Identity Preservation and Control of
Transgenic Livestock
Shane H. Morris,
Canadian Food Inspection Agency; Ronan Loftus and Carol Scott, IdentiGEN; Daniel
Hurnik, University of Prince Edward Island; Wayne Andrews, B. Cudmore, R.
Harding and P. Horne, PEI Pork; Kevin Coffin, Canadian Food Inspection Agency;
Paul Jenkins, Prince Edward Island Department of Agriculture and Forestry; C.
McGillivay and D. Thompson. Food Trust of Prince Edward Island; M. Morrison,
Canadian Food Inspection Agency; Tim Seeber, Garden Province Meats Inc.,
The Canadian
Identity Preserved Recognition System
Laura Anderson,
Canadian Grain Commission
Strategy Towards
a National Traceability System for the Swine Sector
Eric Aubin,
Canadian Pork Council
LUNCHEON
ADDRESS
Toward
Risk-Based Food Safety Policy: Rationale, Barriers and Solutions
Greg Paoli,
Decisionanalysis Risk Consultants
POLICIES AND
PROGRAMS
Federal-Provincial-Territorial Framework Agreement on Agricultural and Agri-Food
Policy For the 21st Century Food Safety
Sally
Rutherford, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Building
Partnerships Through the Food Continuum
Larry Copeland,
BC Centre for Disease Control
Overview of
Ontarios Food Safety Programs
Michael Cassidy,
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Alberta
Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Food Safety
Sandra Honour,
Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
Pest Control
Products The Role of Governments and Industry in Ensuring Health and
Environmental Protection
Peter MacLeod,
Crop Life Canada
Practical
Aspects of BSE Testing in Abattoirs and Deadstock Receiving Plants Licensed by
the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Robert
Vanderwoude, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Inventory and Risk Assessment of Free-Standing Meat
Processors in Ontario
Pat Johnson, Jeff Perkins, Nega Yahya, Ontario Ministry
of Agriculture and Food
COMMUNICATION
AND CONSUMER INFORMATION
Outbreak of
E. coli O157:H7 Gastroenteritis Associated with Consumption of
Unpasteurized Gouda Cheese, Edmonton, 2003
Lance Honish and
Nyall Hislop, Capital Health-Public Health Division
Can Advertising
and Media Health Coverage Mitigate the Consumer Effects of Food Safety
Occurences? The Case of Meat in Canada
Ellen Goddard,
Getu Hailu, Cindy Wang and José Lomeli, University of Alberta
Canadian
Consumers Choices for GM Food: Risk Attitudes, Perceptions, and Responses to
Information
Michele M. Veeman, Vic Adamowicz and Wuyang Hu,
University of Alberta; Anne Hünnemeyer, Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau,
Ressourcenschutz Asien
From Supermarket
to Fork: Consumer Misconceptions Contribute to the Risk of Salmonella
Heidelberg Infection
Laura MacDougall,
Epidemiology Services, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control and Canadian
Field Epidemiology Program, Health Canada; Murray Fyfe, Epidemiology Services,
British Columbia Centre for Disease Control; Lorraine McIntyre and Ana
Paccagnella, Laboratory Services, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control;
Keir Cordner and Alan Kerr, Vancouver Island Health Authority; Jeff Aramini,
Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Enteric Diseases, Health Canada
Ontarios Food
Safety Decision Support System (FSDSS)
Joe Koza, Kris
Kur, Mark Mitchell, Valerie Leader, Eric DeBoer, Jeff Perkins and Pat Johnson,
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Initiatives of
the Canadian Partnership for Consumer Food Safety Education
Brenda Watson,
Canadian Partnership for Food Safety Education
InfoBasket A
One-Stop Shop for Agri-Food Information
George Geldart,
BC Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries
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