April 5, 2018
07:00:00 - 15:30:00
Mississauga Convention Center 75 Derry Rd West,Mississauga
All About Traceability
Thursday April 5, 2018 | Mississauga Convention Center
75 Derry Rd West - (Google Map)
--- Full Agenda ---
7:00 - 8:00 AM | Registration Desk and Breakfast Sponsored by Diversey & Lab Services U of Guelph |
8:00 – 8:15 AM | Introductions and announcements by Ananth Kasic, OFPA President OFPA Membership by Rocio Morales, OFPA Director |
Morning Moderator: Kristen Green, OFPA Director | |
8:15 – 9:15 AM | KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – April Hexemer, PHAC and Christine Kopko, CFIA Outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections in eastern Canada associated with romaine lettuce exposure, November and December 2017 |
9:15 – 9:45 AM | SFC Act & Regulations – What is required when it comes to Traceability? by Mary Rutherford, CFIA |
9:45 – 10:05 AM | Clive Kingsbury Poster Competition-Students Present (2 minutes each) |
10:05 – 10:30 AM | Nutrition Break (Networking and Poster Competition) – Sponsored by Allergen Control Group; Maxxam Analytics; & Noraxx Inspections; & Orkin Canada |
10:30 – 11:00 AM | Pathogen Detection: from Petri to Infinity by Dr. Jeanine Boulter-Bitzer, Food Safety Science Unit, OMAFRA |
11:00 – 11:30 AM | "Introduction to Next-Generation Sequencing for Food Safety" by Mena Farag, Sr. Territory Account Manager, Illumina |
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Leveraging Blockchain for Food Supply Chain Traceability by Dr. Rozita Dara, Associate Professor, U of Guelph |
12:00 – 12:05 PM | Diamond Sponsor Presentation – EUORFINS EXPERCHEM LABPORATORIES |
12:05 – 1:20 PM | Lunch/Networking(networking and poster competition) – Sponsored by Food Industry Consulting & AFCO/Zep |
Afternoon Moderator:Rupali Sanas, OFPA Director | |
1:20 – 1:50 PM | What have they done about Traceability? by John Tentomas, President Nature’s Touch Frozen Foods Inc. |
1:50 – 2:05 PM | Presenting Winners of Poster Competition |
2:05 –2:45 PM | Panel Discussion – What have they done about Traceability? Representation from Industry, Retail, Government, and Academia Moderated by Rocio Morales, OFPA Director |
2:45 – 3:00 PM | Grand Prize & Closing Remarks |
Sponsors
Diamond Sponsors
- Eurofins Experchem Laboratories
Platinum Sponsors
- AFCO
- Food Industry Consulting
- SaniPros
Gold Sponsors
- AFL
- Diversey Canada
Silver Sponsors
- Orkin
- Sanimarc Group
- Noraxx Inspections
- Maxxam
- Allergen Group Inc.