RISK ASSESSMENT OF MICROBIAL PROBLEMS AND PREVENTIVE ACTIONS
IN FOOD INDUSTRY

2nd Open Seminar arranged by

SAFOODNET - Food Safety and Hygiene Networking within New Member States and Associated Candidate Countries

October 22-23, 2007 at Point Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey

Programme

Arrival on Sunday evening: Registration desk open 5 - 7 pm

Monday, October 22, 2007

8.30 – 9.10 Registrartion & coffee/tea in the meeting lobby

9.10 – 9.45 Welcome and general information on the seminar; Dr. Gun Wirtanen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland

9.45 – 10.15 Biofilm problems of pathogens in food processing lines; Dr. Gun Wirtanen, VTT, Fınland

10.15 – 11.00 Modelling as a tool in evaluating hygienic design of food processing equipment; Assoc. Prof. Bo B.B. Jensen, BioCentrum-DTU, Denmark

11.00 – 11.30 Good hygiene practices and hygienic design; Alpay Seyhan, JohnsonDiversey, Turkey

11.30 – 11.40 Brief introduction to group works; Gun Wirtanen, VTT

11.40 – 13.00 Lunch

13.00 – 13.30 Experimental data and modelling in optimisation of tank cleaning; Dr. Satu Salo, VTT, Finland

13.30 – 14.00 Efficacy of cleaning agents and disinfectants used in decontamination procedures in food industry;
Gun Wirtanen, VTT, Finland

14.00 – 14.30 Coffee/tea break

14.30 – 15.00 Detection of Salmonella in poultry - measures performed within risk assessment in Turkey; Assoc. Prof. Ayşegül Eyigör, Uludağ University, Bursa, Turkey

15.00 – 15.30 Prevelance and mechanisms of resistance of Campylobacter sp. in meat and poultry – Assoc. Prof. Sonja Smole Možina, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

15.30 – 16.00 Listeria in ready-to-eat products; Dr. Renata Karpiskova, National Institute of Public Health Center for Food Chain Hygiene, Czech Republic

16.00 – 16.30 Coffee/tea break

16.30 – 17.00 Prevention of toxigenic moulds in grains, nuts and dried foods; Assoc. Prof. Güner Özay, Tübitak, Turkey

17.00 – 17.30 Protective cultures and antimicrobial activities in foods; Dr. Mehlika Borcakli, Tübitak, Turkey

18.00 – 20.30 Dinner

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

9.00 – 9.30 Registration for the second day & Coffee/tea served in the meeting lobby

9.30 – 10.15 Basic principles of risk assessment for microbial contaminants; Peter Quantick, University of Lincoln, UK

10.15 – 10.45 HYGRAMÒ - a practıcal risk assessment tool in food industry; Laura Raaska, VTT, Finland

10.45 – 11.15 Coffee/tea served in the in the meeting lobby

11.15 – 12.00 Past, present and future of HACCP systems including ISO 22000 & BRC standards; Peter Quantick, University of Lincoln, UK

12.00 – 12.30 Viruses as a cause of foodborne diseases; Ivan Psikal, VRI, Czech Republic

12.30 – 13.30 Lunch

13.30 – 13.45 Introduction to group works; Gun Wirtanen, VTT, Finland

13.45 – 16.15 Group works incl at least 30 min for preparation of presentations

15.00 – 15.45 Coffee/tea served in the in the meeting lobby

16.15 – 17.30 Presentations given by the groups

17.30 – 18.00 Concluding remarks given by Prof. Raivo Vokk, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia



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This seminar is arranged in conjunction with the 2nd International Congress on Food and Nutrition. For more information on programme and registration, please, contact Assoc. Prof. Cesarettin Alasalvar at Tübitak (e-mail to: ) or visit www.tubitak.foodcongress.org.