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Technical Symposium 2011
Pathogen Reduction
Sheraton Gateway, Toronto Airport Hotel
October 6 - 7, 2011
Symposium Agenda
Speaker Biographies
Sponsors and Exhibitors
The
following presentations were made available by the speakers:
Thursday October 6, 2011
Campylobacter jejuni in the food chain: an integrated approach
Mr. Alexandre Thibodeau
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal
Salmonella contro in food animals
Dr. Andrijana Rajic, DVM, MSc, PhD
Public Health Agency of Canada
E-Coli
Dr. Roger Johnson
Public Health Agency of Canada
Pathogen reduction initiative for Canada
Ms. Anne-Marie St-Laurent
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Pathogen reduction initiatives in the United States
Dr. Daniel Englejohn
Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA)
A new proactive approach for enhanced microbial risk management and control
Dr. Shu Chen
University of Guelph, Agriculture & Food Laboratory
Exhibitor Program
1. University of Guelph, Laboratory Services Division, Agriculture and Food Laboratory
2. Dupont - Antimicrobial Solutions for Meat
3. Kemira
4. Elanco
Friday October 7, 2011
Global perspective of antimicrobial resistance
Mr. Scott A. Brown
Pfizer Animal Health on behalf of International Federation for Animal Health
Multi-Drug Resistant Salmonella in beef: Prevalence, source and control
Dr. Mohammad Koohmaraie
IEH Laboratories & Consulting Group, Meat Division, USA
Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance in Canada
Dr. Rebecca Irwin
Public Health Agency of Canada
Exhibitor Program
5. Purac
6. Hela Spice Canada
7. Hoegger
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Canadian
Meat Council 91st Annual Conference
May
4- 6, 2011
Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel
Halifax,
Nova Scotia
Conference Agenda
Thank
you to our sponsors!
Product
Tasting Reception & Tech Fair Exhibitors
Technical
Symposium Poster Session: Abstracts
2011
Science and Technology Award: Dr. Michael E. Stiles
2011
President's Award: Mr. Jacques Pomerleau
Conference Presentations
The
following presentations were made available by the speakers:
Sales & Marketing:
Supply Chain Dynamics for New Product Offerings
Craig Davies, Director Purchasing, Keg Restaurants
Consumer Driven Tactics at Retail
Peter Townsend, Datasense Inc.
Understanding the Sodium Reduction Targets
Dr. Mary L'Abbé, University of Toronto
Agriculture Canada's Canada Brand Initiative
Susan Winkelaar, Associate Director, Canada Brand
Operations:
Industry Best Practices for Control of Listeria monocytogenes
Dr. Merv Baker, Canadian Meat Council
Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI): Overview and Standards Comparison (bilingual presentation
Vincent Damphousse, VD Consult
From Turnaround to World Class
Adrian Butler, President, Newton Industrial Consultants
US Customs 101
Michael E. Lahar, National Post Entry Supervisor, A.N. Deringer, Inc.
Technical Symposium:
Meat hygiene: what kinds of tools for food processors? (Bilingual presentation)
Brice Minvielle, Project Manager in Meat Quality and Safety, IFIP Pork Institute, France
Canadian Meat Science Association and Canadian Meat Council Scholarship Recipients: Presentations
Canadian Meat Science Association/ Percy Gitelman Memorial Scholarship:
Aaron Pleitner (University of Alberta)
Canadian Meat Council Associate Members Scholarship:
Marie-Eve Brassard (Université Laval)
Emerging Food Safety Issues
Dr. Scott Weese, University of Guelph
Non-invasive evaluation of various meat quality attributes
Dr. Michael Ngadi, McGill University
General Session:
Economic Trends
Tina Kremmidas, Chief Economist, The Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Foundations and Barriers to Canadian Meat Industry Growth
Kevin Grier, Senior Market Analyst, George Morris Centre
Retail Trends
Peter Townsend
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Canadian
Meat Council 90th Annual Conference
May
5 - 7, 2010
Fairmont Empress/Victoria Conference Centre
Victoria,
British Columbia
Conference
Agenda
Thank
you to our sponsors!
Product
Tasting Reception & Tech Fair Exhibitors
Technical
Symposium Poster Session: Abstracts
2010
Honourary Member: Mr. William Mulock
2010
President's Award: Mr. Jack Pemberton
Conference
Presentations
The
following presentations were made available by the speakers:
Sales & Marketing:
- Product
Innovation
Lawrence Hawkins, Director of Purchasing & Food Development,
abc Country Restaurants Inc.
Operations:
-
Management Commitment to Food Safety: Panel Discussion
James
Maitland, Plant Manager, Maple Leaf Consumer Foods
Claudette
Pshebniski, Director of Technical Services, Santa Maria Foods
ULC
Peter
Stein, Director of Quality Assurance and Food Safety, Piller
Sausages & Delicatessens Ltd.
- Industry
Perspective on High Pressure Processing (HPP)
Mike
Billig, Director of Marketing, Gridpath Solutions Inc.
Colin Farnum, Senior Director, Innovation and New Technologies,
Maple Leaf Consumer Foods (available upon request)
Technical Symposium:
General Session:
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2009
Technical Symposium
Advanced
Listeria monocytogenes Control Measures
in
RTE Meats and Poultry Productions
October
1-2, 2009
Sheraton
Gateway Hotel, Toronto International Airport
Symposium
Agenda
Speaker
Biographies
Sponsors
& Exhibitors
The
following presentations were made available by the speakers:
October
1, 2009
Keynote
Speaker: Managing Listeria in the Ready To Eat Environment
Mr. John Weisgerber
Weisgerber Consulting, LLC
Overview
of Canada’s Listeria Rules and New Developments
Ms. Hélène Couture
Chief, Evaluation Division, Bureau of Microbial Hazards, Food Directorate,
Health Canada
International
Regulation for Listeria monocytogenes Control in RTE Foods
Dr. Ewen Todd
Michigan State University
Ecology
of Listeria monocytogenes in RTE Environment
Dr. Linda Saucier
Professor, Université Laval
Exhibitor Program: 3M MICROBIOLOGY
Environmental
Non-Enrichment Rapid Listeria Test
Listeria
monocytogenes: Biofilm Formation and Persistence in Food Processing
Environment
Dr. Mansel Griffiths
Professor, University of Guelph
Exhibitor Program: BSA – CHR HANSEN
Enhancing
The Safety and Quality of Meat Products Using Bioprotective
Cultures
Antimicrobial
Agents to Control Listeria monocytogenes
Dr. Andrew L. Milkowski
Department of Animal Sciences, University of Wisconsin
Exhibitor Program: PURAC AMERICA
Producing
Listeria Safe Meat Products
Antimicrobial
Processes to Control Lm/Postlethality Treatment: HHP, Pasteurisation,
Cooking in Bag, etc.
Dr. Lynn McMullen
Professor, University of Alberta
Exhibitor
Program: GRIDPATH SOLUTIONS INC.
High
Pressure Processing: Commercial Scale Production with High Pressure
Processing
Sanitary
Equipment Design and Facility Construction
Dr. John Butts
Land O’Frost, Inc
October 2, 2009
Good Sanitation Practices in RTE Processing Plants
Mr. Peter Stein
Pillers
Exhibitor Program: BIOMERIEUX
Natural
Antimicrobials in Sanitation
Dr. Florence Dubois- Brissonnet
AgroParis-Tech, INRA, France
Exhibitor Program: MAXXAM ANALYTICS
The
Value and Limitation of End Product Testing
Dr. Richard Holley
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Meat Council 2009 Annual Conference
May
6 to 8 - Fairmont Queen Elizabeth, Montreal QC
Conference
Agenda
Thank
you to our Sponsors!
Wednesday,
May 6
Product
Tasting Reception Exhibitors
Thursday,
May 7
The
following presentations were made available by the speakers:
SALES
& MARKETING: Inspection
and Marketing
Tom Graham
(Canadian Food Inspection Agency)
TECHNICAL
SYMPOSIUM: Current
Perspective on Listeria Control
Dr. Randy Huffman (Maple Leaf Consumer Foods)
OPERATIONS:
Retailer
Perspective – Meat Industry Score Card
Michel Picard (Emballages C&C Packing Inc.)
SALES
& MARKETING:
Commitment to Canadian Supply
Dan Laplain (George Morris Centre)
TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM: Drug
and Feed Additive differences between Canada and the US:
are we being left behind?
Jean Szkotnicki (Canadian Animal Health Institute)
OPERATIONS:
Applications
and Advancements in Packaging Film Technology
Brian Hodge (Winpak Ltd.)
AWARD
PRESENTATIONS:
Honourary
Membership - Mr. Roland Soucy
2009
President’s Award - Mr. Wilhelm Huber Sr.
2009
Science & Technology Award - Mr. Wayne Robertson
TECHNICAL
SYMPOSIUM:
CMSA/Percy
Gitelman Memorial Scholarship Recipient: Emefa Monu, University
of Alberta
Effect
of bacteriocin-producing cultures on the growth of Listeria monocytogenes
in fresh beef sausage
OPERATIONS:
Extending
the Shelf Life of Meat Products
Dr. Lynn Knipe (Ohio State University)
SALES
& MARKETING: Branding
- Supply Chain Alliance
Jeff Kroll
(McDonald's Restaurants of Canada Limited)
OPERATIONS:
Redesigning
RTE Manufacturing Systems for Food Safety
Bob Hanson (Hanson Tech)
TECHNICAL
SYMPOSIUM: Food
Irradiation
Dr. Jim Dickson (Iowa State University)
SALES
& MARKETING: Eating
Patterns in Canada
Mark East,
Linda Strachan (NPD Group)
TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM:
Carbon
Dioxide Stunning of Poultry and Swine
Dr. Lee Niel (University of Toronto)
OPERATIONS: Clean
That Is Seen
Claudette Pshebniski (Santa Maria Foods ULC)
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A
SYMPOSIUM ON
NEW
PACKAGING TECHNOLOGIES
TO
IMPROVE AND MAINTAIN FOOD SAFETY
Thursday-Friday,
September 18-19, 2008
Sheraton
Gateway Hotel, Toronto Airport
Symposium
agenda
Thank
you to our sponsors and exhibitors!
Presentations
Thursday,
September 18, 2008
Advances
in Meat Packaging: overview of new developments in meat packaging
vacuum, MAP, CA packaging
Speaker:
Dr. Melvin Hunt, Professor,
Kansas State University
Exhibitor
1: Cryovac Sealed Air (presentation not available)
Quality
optimization through the use of minimal processing and MAP technologies
Speaker:
Dr. H. Ramaswamy, Professor, McGill University
Advances
in MAP (including CO): effects on physico-chemical, microbiological
characteristics, shelf life
Speaker:
Dr. Colin Gill, Scientist,
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Exhibitor
2: Multivac Canada Inc. (presentation not available)
Modified
Atmosphere Packaging: consumer perceptions and willingness to pay
- opportunities for Canada's meat industry
Speaker:
Dr. Sven Anders, Professor, University of Alberta
Exhibitor
3: ALKAR RapidPak
Edible
vegetable casing: development of a non-animal based casing alternative
for the coating of various types of sausages under a continuous
manufacturing process
Speaker:
Dr. Jose Rivera, Business
Development Manager, Ruitenberg Ingredients B.V.
Exhibitor
4: Handtmann Canada Limited (presentation not available)
Coextrusion
technology: principles, regulation and actual applications
Speaker:
Dr. Hector Flores, QX Technologist, Stork Townsend
Exhibitor
5: Winpak Limited (presentation not available)
Active/Intelligent
packaging systems: concept, applications, controlled release of
antimicrobials
Speaker:
Dr. Islem Yezza, Project Manager, Institut
de Technologie des Emballages et du Génie Alimentaire (ITEGA)
Exhibitor
6: PURAC America Inc.
Friday,
September 19, 2008
LATE
BREAKING SESSION ADDITION: Listeria Control Workshop
Speaker:
Dr. Randy Huffman, American
Meat Institute & Dr. John Butts,
Land O'Frost
Meat
Irradiation: industry expectations (presentation not
available)
Speaker:
Mark Klassen, Technical Director, Canadian Cattlemen's Association
Meat
Irradiation: impact on safety & quality
Meat
Irradiation: global developments in food irradiation consumer acceptance
Speaker:
Ron Eustice, Executive Director, Minnesota
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on U.S. Country of Origin Labeling
September
10, 2008 - Sheraton Gateway Hotel, Toronto
Seminar
agenda
Presentations
Presentation
1: Steve Lavergne, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Presentation
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TRAINING
SEMINAR:
Updated E. Coli Policy Implementation and
Control Measures
June
11, 2008 - Sheraton Gateway
Hotel, Toronto
Seminar
agenda
Thank
you to our sponsors - Canadian Meat Research Institute and Bioniche
Presentations
E.
coli O157:H7 and other food borne pathogens: update on the
public incidence
Presentation
available upon request.
Speaker:
Dr. Angela Cook, Canadian Public Health Agency
Canadian
regulatory requirements related to E. coli O157:H7:
CFIA Policy (Annex O)
US
import requirements and procedures for E. coli O157:H7
Presentations
available upon request.
Speaker:
Dr. Richard Arsenault, Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Implementation
of E. coli O157:H7 control measures: slaughter
Speaker:
Dr. Angela Lynn Siemens, Cargill Meat Solutions, Guelph,
ON
Implementation
of E. coli O157:H7 control measures: processing
Speaker:
Dr. Yemi Ogunrinola, Vantage Foods, BC
E.
coli O157:H7 control issues: processing
Speaker:
John Vatri, Cardinal Meat Specialists, Ltd., Mississauga,
ON
Effectiveness
of interventions to reduce/eliminate pathogens on beef
Speaker:
Dr. Colin Gill, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lacombe,
AB
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Canadian
Meat Council's
88th
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
May
7-9, 2008
Sheraton
Fallsview Hotel, Niagara
Falls, ON
Conference
Agenda
Thank
you to our 2008 Annual Conference sponsors!
Wednesday,
May 7
Product
Tasting Reception - List of Exhibitors
Thursday,
May 8
The
following presentations were made available by the speakers:
Sales&
Marketing: Profiting
from a Demographic Shift in the 21st Century
Dr. Randy Westgren (University of Illinois)
Operations:
Meat
Plant - 2020
Tito Guglielmi (Mallot Creek Group)
Technical
Symposium: Monitoring
Foodborne Diseases and Retail Meats
Dr. Frank Pollari (Public Health Agency of Canada)
Sales&
Marketing: Brand Strategy - Canadian Brand Advantage for Beef and
Pork
John Baker and Lisa Mina (Beef Information Centre) Presentation
Anita Ivanauskas (Pork Marketing Canada) Presentation
Operations:
Preparing Your Organization for a Pandemic
(available
upon request)
Phil Graham
(Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Technical
Symposium:
Innovation in Meat Science and Technology
Heather Bruce (University of Alberta)
Sales&
Marketing:
The Success of Supply Chain Integration
Marko Gotoweic (The Keg Restaurants)
Operations:
High-Pressure
Processing: a non-thermal pasteurization method for food processing
Rick Marshall (Gridpath Solutions)
Sales&
Marketing: Bringing
a New Product to Market
Paul Rogers (Food Industry Development Centre)
Operations:
Creating
a Healthy Workplace
Andrew Harkness (Industrial Accident Prevention Association)
Technical
Symposium: Research
on Management of Specified Risk Materials
Tim McAllister (Agriculture
and Agri-Food Canada)
Sales&
Marketing: Delivering
Your Value Proposition
Peter
Townsend (Data Sense)
Operations:
Productivity
Improvement Through Performance Management
Dave Gregory & Brian Stephens (Industrial Engineering, Maple
Leaf Consumer Foods)
Technical
Symposium: The Nutritional Benefits of Meat: The Hard Scientific
Facts!
Nutritional
Attributes of Meat - Laura Pasut (Nutridata Consulting)
Cancer
& Meat: Here & Abroad
- David Klurfeld (USDA)
Agriculture
and Agri-Food: analysis and future outlook for North America and
the world (available
upon request)
Irene Nattel
(Royal Bank of Canada, Capital Markets)
Banquet
Presentation
of President’s Award
Presentation
of Honourary Membership
Alumni
Recognition Ceremony
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