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Microbiological safety research meeting

Monday 22 January 2007

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The Food Standards Agency has invited a panel of independent experts to review its research programme on microbiological risk assessment. The review will be held at the Copthorne Reading Hotel, Reading on 21-22 March 2007.

This review forms past of a wider evaluation of all its research programmes in the area of microbiological safety.

Programme reviews are intended to provide interested parties with the opportunity to discuss the work that has been funded by the Agency and to help identify priorities for the future.

The event will include a series of presentations by the project leaders, focussed discussions and opportunities for questions and answers. All interested parties are welcome to attend the event

Attendance at this event is free, although the Agency cannot provide accommodation or travel expenses.

Please note that numbers are limited and early registration is recommended.

For further information or to confirm your attendance please return the acceptance form or contact Daniel Lovelle-Diaz to register by 28 February 2007.

Tel: 0207 276 8956
Email: daniel.lovelle-diaz@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk

For security reasons you must register before this event. Numbers for the event are limited and early registration is recommended.

Programme for the review: Day 1: 21 March 2007

Session 1: Introduction

Introductory remarks including the background to the Food Standards Agency's B12 Microbiological Risk Assessment Research Programme

Session 2: Review of the Agency's microbiological risk assessment projects

Project B01019: Development of a risk assessment model for the different pathways of infection of VTEC O157
Project B01020: A microbiological risk assessment of Listeria monocytogenes in cooked meat and poultry
Project B10004: Assessment of, relative to other pathways, the contribution made by the food chain to the problem of quinolone resistance in microorganisms causing infections
Project B12001: Microbiological risk assessment for NLV infections - contributions to the overall burden afforded by foodborne infections
Project B01015: Determine exposure assessment and modelling risks associated with the preparation of poultry, catering and home
Project B17002: Assessment of the risk to food safety associated with spreading of animal manure and abattoir waste on agricultural land

Session 3: Review of the Agency's milk and food storage projects

Project B12002: Review of raw milk analyses methods and assessment of effectiveness as pathogen markers and indicators of farm hygiene
Project B12003: Investigation of the effectiveness of pre-milking teat cleaning regimes

Programme for the review: Day 2: 22 March 2007

Session 3 (continued): Review of the Agency's milk and food storage projects

Project B12006: Risk assessment of Listeria monocytogenes in UK retailed cheese
Project B12007: To investigate the impact of butter production on growth of Listeria monocytogenes

Session 4: Review of the Agency's predictive microbiology and risk management projects

Introduction to the Food Standards Agency's risk attribution work
Project B14009: Improved control of Clostridium Perfringens includes project B13005: Expansion of the Perfringens Predictor model to include pH, nitrites and salt concentrations in its predictions
Project B13003: Development of ComBase - a combined database and predictor of microbial responses to the food environment
Project B06001: Risk assessment for microbial contamination hazards: a network approach

Session 5: Future research priorities

Workshop

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Microbiological safety research meeting

Programme for the review: Day 1: 21 March 2007

Programme for the review: Day 2: 22 March 2007

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