Foodborne Illness Investigations ER325
Salt Lake City, Utah
February 1-3, 2011
DAY 1
8:00 Introductions/Course Objectives FDA’s Role in Retail Food Safety
9:00 An Overview of Foodborne Illness Investigations Steps
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 Overview of Foodborne Illness Investigation Steps (contd.)
Food Safety Hazards Pathogen Group Exercise
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00 Pathogen Group Exercise – Reporting
2:00 Surveillance and Epidemiologic Investigation CDC Perspective
FDA Perspective
Local Perspective
3:00 -3:15 Break
3:15 Surveillance and Epidemiologic Investigation (contd.)
4:30 Review/Questions
5:00 Adjourn
Foodborne Illness Investigations ER325
Salt Lake City, Utah
February 1-3, 2011
DAY 2
8:00 Preparing for the Investigation
9:30-9:45 Break
9:45 Preparing for the Investigation (contd.)
10:30 Environmental Investigations & Food Prep Reviews
Contributing Factors
Contamination, Survival, and Proliferation
Steps in Food Prep Review
Sampling
Interpreting the Findings
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00 Environmental Investigations & Food Preparation Reviews (contd.)
2:30 – 2:45 Break
2:45 Food Prep Review Exercises
4:00 Foodborne Outbreaks - Accident or Incident?
Response to Possible Bioterrorism Events
4:30 Review/Questions/Discussions
5:00 Adjourn
Foodborne Illness Investigations ER325
Salt Lake City, Utah
February 1-3, 2011
DAY 3
8:00 Laboratory Guidance
9:00 Using Statistics and Epidemiologic Methods
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15 Using Statistics and Epidemiologic Methods (contd.)
11:00 The Final Report
11:30 Questions/Review
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 FDA's Role in Traceback Investigations
2:45 Review/Questions/Discussion
3:00 Adjourn
Foodborne Illness Investigations ER325
Battle Creek, Michigan
July 20-22, 2010
Cadre of Instructors
Training Officer
Janet Williams
Consumer Safety Training Officer
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
DHRD
11919 Rockville Pike HFC-60
Rockville, MD, 20852
Phone: 301-796-4534
FAX: 301-827-8708
Email:
Jack Guzewich
Senior Advisor: Environmental Health
FDA/CFSAN/ OFDCER
5100 Paint Branch Parkway
College Park, Maryland 20740
Phone 301-436-1608
Fax 301-436-2605
Mario Seminara
FDA Regional Food Specialist
6th Av and Kipling Street
Bldg 20 Denver Federal Center
Denver, CO 80225
Phone: 303-236-3026
Cindy Kunkel
Captain, USPHS
Regional Food Specialist, FDA
11630 West 80th Street HFR-SW36
Lenexa, KS 66214
Phone: 913-752-2401