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Communications
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Food Research Institute, UW–Madison
| FRI
Briefings |
Emerging issues in food
safety. Latest topic: Destruction
of H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus in Meat and Poultry Products |
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| FRI Seminar Series |
FRESH "Food Research & Education Seminar Highlight" | |
| Fall 2008 schedule |
Fall Semester 2008 Schedule
(.pdf)
from the Food Research Institute Tuesdays, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. at the Microbial Sciences building (MSB; please note room number for specific dates), UW–Madison, 1550 Linden Drive Topics to be presented: [click links for pdf of presentation] 9/9: “Strategies to Identify Bioactive Food Compounds,” Veronika Somoza, Food Science, UW-Madison (room 6201MSB) 9/23: “Food Safety Systems and the Outbreak Response,” Steve Sobek, Director, Bureau of Laboratory Services, Wis. DATCP, and John Archer, Division of Public Health (room 2511 MSB) 9/30: “Listeria monocytogenes: Three Research Vignettes, and the Element of (Useful) Surprise," Sophia Kathariou, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Food Science, North Carolina State University 11:00 a.m. to noon, room 2511 Microbial Science building (special additional seminar) 10/7: “ ‘Naturally Cured’ Meat Products: Understanding the Regulations, Manufacturing, Quality and Safety,” Jeff Sindelar, Animal Science, UW-Madison (room 2511 MSB) 10/21: “Risk-based Regulation and Food Safety,” Lorna Zach, Center for Human Performance and Risk Analysis (CHPRA), Dept Industrial and Systems Engineering, UW-Madison (room 2511 MSB) 11/5 (Wednesday): “Application of Phytosanitary Measures in International Trade,” Mike Firko, APHIS, USDA (room 6201 MSB, Wednesday) 11/18: “Meeting the Needs of the Dairy Industry — CDR/FRI Roles and Responsibilities,” Rusty Bishop, Food Science, UW-Madison (room 2511 MSB) 12/2: “Creation of an Animal Vaccine for the Foodborne Parasite, Toxoplasma gondii,” Laura Knoll, Med Micro & Immunol., UW-Madison (room 6201 MSB) Questions? or for more information contact Chuck Czuprynski, FRI Director, czuprync@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu 608-263-6826 |
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| Fall 2008 special seminar |
9/30: “Listeria monocytogenes Three
Research Vignettes, and the Element of (Useful) Surprise," Sophia Kathariou,
Ph.D., Associate Professor, Food Science, North Carolina State University
11:00 a.m. to noon, room 2511 Microbial Science building |
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| Spring 2008 schedule |
Spring Semester
2008 Schedule (.pdf) from the Food Research
Institute, Wednesdays, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Spring 2008 at the
Microbial Sciences Building, rm. 6201, (faculty meeting room), 6th
floor, 1550 Linden Drive, UW–Madison Topics to be presented: Feb. 6: cancelled: “Chlorate Dramatically Decreases Salmonella Shedding in Pigs; A Novel Application for a Table Salt Derivative” Peter Bahnson, PhD Assistant Professor, School of Veterinary Medicine, UW-Madison Feb. 20: “Cheese Nonstarter Lactic Acid Bacteria: What Are They, Why Do We Care, and How Do They Grow?” Jim Steele, PhD Professor, Food Science, UW-Madison March 5: “Biological and Genetic Technologies for Aflatoxin Prevention” Thomas “Ed” Cleveland, PhD Research Leader, Food and Feed Safety, Agricultural Research Service, USDA March 26: “Enhancing Food Safety Education Through Shared Teaching Resources” Jeannette McDonald, DVM, PhD Faculty Associate, School of Veterinary Medicine, UW-Madison April 9: “Epidemiological Causation Criteria: How Strong is the Diet/Cancer Linkage? ” Andrew Milkowski, PhD Adjunct Professor, Muscle Biology Lab, UW-Madison April 23: “Using Salmonella to Understand Metabolic Complexity” Diana Downs, PhD Professor, Bacteriology, UW-Madison May 7: “Chlorate Dramatically Decreases Salmonella Shedding in Pigs; A Novel Application for a Table Salt Derivative” Peter Bahnson, PhD Assistant Professor, School of Veterinary Medicine, UW-Madison (re-scheduled from Feb. 6; cancelled then due to terrible snow storm) Postponed until the fall FRESH series: “Special Gene Cassettes and Adaptations of Epidemic-associated Clonal Groups of Listeria monocytogenes” Sophia Kathariou, PhD Associate Professor, Food Science, North Carolina State University |
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| Fall 2007 schedule |
Fall
Semester 2007 Schedule (.pdf) from the Food
Research Institute, Tuesdays, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Fall 2007 at
the Microbial Sciences Building, faculty meeting room, 6th floor,
1550 Linden Drive, UW–Madison Topics to be presented: Sept. 25: “The Melamine Contamination Issue, Its Consequences for Cargill and for the Food Industry” Dr. Joseph Shebuski, Director of Global Food Safety, Cargill, Incorporated Oct. 9: “The Next Level of Food Safety—An Industry Approach” [Dr. Nobumasa Tanaka Lecture], Dr. Jenny Scott, National Food Processors Association Nov. 13: “Food Allergy: Perception vs. Reality” Dr. Robert Bush, Professor Emeritus, School of Medicine and Public Health, UW–Madison Nov. 27: “Application of Cold Plasma Technology in Food Processing” Dr. Amy Wong, Professor, Dept. Bacteriology and FRI, UW–Madison Dec. 11: “Using Neuronal Cells to Detect Botulinum Neurotoxin Activity”Dr. Sabine Pellett, Assistant Researcher, Dr. Eric Johnson's laboratory, Dept. Bacteriology and FRI, UW-Madison |
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| Spring 2007 schedule |
Spring
Semester 2007 Schedule (.pdf)
from the Food Research Institute, Dept. Food Microbiology
& Toxicology Tuesdays [note new day of the week], 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Spring 2007 at the Food Research Institute, UW–Madison, 1925 Willow Drive Topics to be presented include: 1/23: “Wireless Communications in a Sand-clogging Bacterial Pathogen” Tzu-Pi Huang, FRI, Dr. Amy Wong’s lab, FRI, UW-Madison 2/6: “Life in Acid and Food Safety” Dr. Kai (Billy) Hung, Dr. Charles Kaspar’s lab, FRI, UW-Madison 2/20: “Supplying Pathogen-free Healthy Potatoes to the U.S.” Dr. Amy Charkowski, Assistant Professor, Dept. Plant Pathology, UW-Madison 3/6: “Parasites and Food Safety” Dr. Laura Knoll, Assistant Professor, Dept. Medical Microbiology & Immunology, UW-Madison 3/20: “Food Defense” Gary L. Pruitt, Sr. Food Safety Principal, Sargento Foods, Inc. 4/10: “Nitrite and Nitrate Safety as Food Ingredients” Dr. Andy Milkowski, Adjunct Professor, Dept. Animal Sciences, UW-Madison 4/24: “Can Chicken Antibodies Replace Antibiotics as Growth Stimulants?” Dr. Mark Cook, Professor, Dept. Animal Sciences, UW-Madison Postponed (cancelled for 5/8): “Update on Microbial Sciences Building (MSB)” Dr. Amy Wong and Jean Johnson, FRI, UW-Madison |
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| Fall 2006 schedule |
Fall Semester
2006 Schedule (.pdf) from the Food Research
Institute, Dept. Food Microbiology & Toxicology Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Fall 2006 at the Food Research Institute, UW–Madison, 1925 Willow Drive Topics to be presented include: 9/6: “How Microorganisms Evade HACCP Plans” Dr. Jeff Kornacki, President and Senior Technical Director, Kornacki Microbiology Solutions 9/20: “Traceability of Retail Products from Start to Finish” Joseph Meyer, Program Manager, Scientific Affairs & Regulatory Affairs, Kraft Foods Global, Inc. 10/4: “Toxicology Testing: Understanding the End Before the Beginning” Dr. Jay Albretsen, Covance Laboratories, Madison 10/18: “Effective Validation of Beef Slaughter Critical Points” Dr. Gary Acuff, Professor, Animal Science Department, Texas A & M University 11/1: “Prions and Food Safety” Dr. Judd Aiken, Professor, School of Veterinary Medicine, UW–Madison 11/15: “Microbiology in the Service Sector: Using Your Education to Help Food Manufacturers” Dr. Jean Schoeni, Director of Research, Trac Microbiology 12/6: “Records Management” Nancy M. Kunde, UW-Madison Archives and Records Management |
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| Spring
2006 schedule |
Spring
Semester 2006 Schedule (.pdf) from the Food
Research Institute, Dept. Food Microbiology & Toxicology Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Spring 2006 at the Food Research Institute, UW–Madison, 1925 Willow Drive contact Jaehyuk Yu for more details Topics to be presented include: Jan. 25 “Bird Flu: Really a Cause for Concern?”, Dr. Stacey Schultz-Cherry,. Medical Microbiology & Immunology, UW–Madison Feb. 8 “Formulating Foods for Safety”, Dr. Kathy Glass, FRI, UW–Madison Feb. 22 “New Insights into the Pathogenesis of Gastrointestinal Listeriosis”, Dr. Charles Czuprynski, Pathobiological Sciences, UW–Madison March 8 “Potential Involvement of Clostridial Infections in Neurological Disorders”, Lab of Dr. Eric Johnson, FRI, UW–Madison March 22 “Validation of the Safety of Meat Processing Critical Limits”, Dr. Steve Ingham, Food Science, UW–Madison April 5 “How I Got to B. cereus about Biofilm”, Mr. Jeff Hsueh, Dr. Amy Wong’s lab, FRI, UW–Madison April 19 “Can We Reduce Acrylamide in Food?”, Ms. Jayne Storkson, Dr. Mike Pariza’s lab, FRI, UW–Madison May 10 “Recent Developments in Whole Cell Nucleic Acid Diagnostics for the Rapid Detection of Foodborne Pathogens”, Dr. Byron Brehm-Stecher, Food Science and Human Nutrition, Iowa State University |
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| Fall
2005 schedule |
Seminar
Series (.pdf) from the Food Research Institute, Dept.
Food Microbiology & Toxicology Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Fall 2005 at the Food Research Institute, UW–Madison, 1925 Willow Drive Topics to be presented include: Aug. 8 (note Monday date): “FRI, FRESH, CLA and Acrylamide,” Dr. Michael W. Pariza, Director, FRI Aug. 24: “Food Defense: The Federal Response,” Dr. Don Burr, FRI Adjunct Prof., Wis. DATCP, NCFST Sept. 14: “Non-thermal Preservation Technologies,” Dr. Martin Cole, Director, NCFST, Summit-Argo, IL Sept. 28: no seminar: break for FRI Symposium: “Antimicrobials and Sanitizers” at Pyle Center Oct. 12: "How Safe Is the Water Around Us?", Alan Degnan, Senior Microbiologist, Environmental Health Division, Wis. State Lab of Hygiene Oct. 26: "Archaeal Life at pH 1.0," David Baumler, PhD candidate, Cellular and Molecular Biology Nov. 9: "Food Safety from an Industrial Perspective," Dr. Adam Borger, Microbiologist, Kraft Foods Nov. 23: no seminar: Thanksgiving break Dec. 7: Nancy Keller, Plant Pathology and FRI, “Molecular Approaches to Eliminate Mycotoxins,” Dr. Nancy Keller, Plant Pathology and F |
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| FRI
Newsletter |
Quarterly research updates, food safety perspectives, FRI news, personnel profiles | |
| 2008: Vol. 20, No.
1-2 (Spring-Summer) | Vol. 20, No.
3 (Fall) | Vol. 20, No. 4 (Winter)
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| 2007:
Vol. 19, No. 1 (Spring)
| Vol. 19, No. 2
(Summer) | Vol. 19, No. 3 (Fall) | Vol.
19, No. 4 (Winter) [ *.pdf ] |
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| 2006: Vol. 18, No. 1 (Spring)
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18, No. 2 (Summer) | Vol. 18,
No. 3 (Fall) | Vol. 18, No. 4 (Winter)
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| 2005: Vol. 17, No. 1 (Spring) | Vol. 17, No.
2 (Summer) | Vol. 17, No. 3 (Fall) | Vol.
17, No. 4 (Winter) [ *.pdf ] |
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| 2004: Vol. 16, No. 1 (Spring) | Vol. 16,
No. 2 (Summer) | Vol. 16, No. 3 (Fall) | Vol. 16,
No. 4 (Winter) [ *.pdf ] |
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| 2003: Vol. 15, No. 1 (Spring) | Vol. 15,
No. 2 (Summer) | Vol. 15, No. 3 (Fall) | Vol. 15,
No. 4 (Winter) [ *.pdf ] |
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| 2002: Vol. 14, No. 1 (Spring) | Vol. 14, No. 2 (Summer) | Vol. 14, No. 3 (Fall) | Vol. 14, No. 4 (Winter) [ *.pdf ] | ||
| 2001: Vol. 13, No. 1 (Spring) | Vol. 13, No. 2 (Summer) | Vol. 13, No. 3 (Fall) [ *.pdf ] | Vol. 13, No. 4 (Winter) [ *.pdf ] | ||
| 2000: Vol. 12, No. 1 (Spring) | Vol. 12, No. 2 (Summer) | Vol. 12, No. 3 (Fall) | Vol. 12, No. 4 (Winter) | ||
| 1999: Vol. 11, No. 1 (Spring) | Vol. 11, No. 2 (Summer) | Vol. 11, No. 3 (Fall) | Vol. 11, No. 4 (Winter) | ||
| FRI Meetings | our next meeting: Effects of Sodium Reduction on Food Safety, Food Quality, and Human Health This symposium will provide a comprehensive discussion on the need to balance sodium content in foods considering its effect on microbial safety, quality and human health. Target audience: food industry product developers, food safety specialists, and nutritionists (particularly manufacturers of processed meats, beverages, cheese, condiments, and other prepared refrigerated, frozen, and shelf-stable foods); researchers and clinicials in human nutrition/health; graduate and undergraduate students in food science and nutrition. Date: Nov. 6, 2008 Where: Pyle Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 702 Langdon Street, Madison, WI 53706 Download Meeting Brochure (.pdf); register on-line ; Madison hotels list (.pdf) (pp) Questions? or for more information contact Kathleen Glass, FRI Associate Director, kglass@wisc.edu 608-263-6935 |
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| Second Annual "Treatment and Disposal
of Food Products Contaminated by Biological Threat Agents": UW–Madison sponsoring units:
Food Research Institute, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Journalism
and Mass Communication, Center for Human Performance & Risk Analysis,
Industrial & Systems Engineering, Center for World Affairs and
the Global Economy (WAGE), Engineering Professional Development. April 30-May 1, 2008. SUMMARY in FRI Newsletter
20(1-2) [ *.pdf ] |
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| FRI Focus on Food Safety Series "Microbial Food Spoilage—Losses and Control
Strategies"; June 2007, SUMMARY in FRI Newsletter 19(3): Perspectives
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| FRI / UW–Madison / U. S. EPA /
Wisconsin Security Research Consortium: "Treatment and
Disposal of Material Contaminated by Biological Threat Agents",
May 2007 SUMMARY in FRI Newsletter
19(2) |
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| FRI Focus on Food Safety Series
"Trends. Concerns, and Solutions for Natural and
Organic Food Safety"; November 2006, SUMMARY [ *.pdf ] |
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| FRI Focus on Food Safety Series
"Nanotechnology"; June 2006, SUMMARY in FRI Newsletter 18(3): Perspectives
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| FRI Focus on Food Safety Series,
September 2005, SUMMARY Development and Applications
of Food Antimicrobials, Cleaning and Sanitation [ *.pdf ] |
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| FRI Focus on
Food Safety Series, May 2005, SUMMARY Development and Production
of Safe Process Cheese Formulations [ *.pdf ] |
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| FRI Annual Meeting , SUMMARIES: | Year 2004 [in FRI Newsletter 16(2)] | Year 2003 | Year 2002 | Year 2001 | Year 2000 | [ *.pdf ] | ||
| Food Law
and Regulation Symposium: June 8–9, SUMMARY: 2004 [in FRI Newsletter 16(3)] |
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| FRI Fungi and Mycotoxin Short Course, SUMMARY: Year 2002 | [ *.pdf ] | ||
| Other Outreach Projects | ||
| Covance/FRI
Symposiums: (*.pdf) - Summary for the 2007 symposium "Relevant Regulatory and Analytical Challenges for Food and Dietary Supplements": see p. 5-6, FRI Newsletter Vol. 19, No. 3 - Summary for the 2006 symposium "Relevant Regulatory and Analytical Challenges for Food and Dietary Supplements": see p. 3, FRI Newsletter Vol. 18, No. 4 - Summary for the 2005 symposium "Relevant Regulatory and Analytical Challenges for Food and Dietary Supplements": see p. 3, FRI Newsletter Vol. 17, No. 3 - Summary document for the 2003 symposium "Science, Research, and Regulation: Their Impact on the Food and Dietary Supplement Industries" |
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| The Food Safety publication: Comprehensive summaries of published literature | ||
| Short Course Safety Validation of Heating/Cooling Processes for Meat and Poultry Products, February 29-March 1, 2000 (a repeat of the successful workshop held Nov. 1999) | ||
| Ceres Forum Proceedings "Environmental Benefits and Sustainable Agriculture through Biotechnology" Biotechnology is a promising enviro-friendly solution to future world hunger. | ||
| FRI Annual Reports (*.pdf) | Annual summary
of research at FRI [discontinued
in 2001 and replaced by the more frequent research reports
in the FRI Newsletter] |
| FRI Annual
Report 2001 |
Clostridium botulinum
— Bacillus cereus
— Escherichia coli
— Listeria
— Biofilms
— Multiple Pathogens
and Control — Mycotoxins — Parasites — Phaffia — Conjugated Linoleic Acid |
| FRI Annual Report 2000 | Clostridium botulinum — Bacillus cereus — Escherichia coli — Listeria — Multiple Pathogens and Control — Mycotoxins — Phaffia — Conjugated Linoleic Acid |
| FRI Annual Report 1999 | Clostridium botulinum — Bacillus cereus — Biofilms — Escherichia coli — Listeria — Multiple Pathogens and Control — Mycotoxins — Conjugated Linoleic Acid |
| FRI Annual Report 1998 | Clostridium botulinum — Bacillus cereus — Biofilms — Escherichia coli — Salmonella — Multiple Pathogens and Control — Mycotoxins — Conjugated Linoleic Acid |