Food Protection Trends - January 2009 - (Page 37) Lisbon Highlights he International Association for Food Protection, in collaboration with ILSI Europe, the Society for Applied Microbiology and the World Health Organization, with the technical cooperation of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations hosted IAFP’s Fourth European Symposium: Advancements in Food Safety. The Symposium was held 19–21 November 2008 at the SANA Lisboa Hotel in Lisbon, Portugal. More than 210 attendees from 28 countries participated. The meeting began with a keynote presentation on Food Safety in Portugal by Professor Laurentina Pedroso, Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologies, Portugal. Other sessions included: The Thin Line between Microbiological Quality & Safety; Microbial Hazards: Recently Emerged Pathogens; Risk Assessment and Risk T Management; Risk Communication; Impact of Changing Climate and Changing Demographics on Food Safety; and Hot Topics in Food Safety. In total, there were 28 presentations which are now posted on the IAFP Web site. In addition to the sessions, 56 posters were presented. Nineteen companies or organizations provided current food safety products and information through their stands in the exhibit area. The exhibitors were: 3M Microbiology, AES CHEMUNEX, Applied Biosystems, Inc., BD Diagnostics, Inc., bioMérieux, Bio-Rad Laboratories, British Food Journal, Charm Sciences Inc., DuPont Qualicon, Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FOOD DIAGNOSTICS, ILSI Europe, International Food Hygiene, MATRIX Microscience, PURAC, Silliker Group Corp., Society for Applied Microbiology, Springer, and World Health Organization. Attendees networked during coffee breaks, a Thursday evening reception, and Friday lunch, which were all held in the exhibit area and poster session area. An evening Lisbon city tour and dinner, hosted by bioMérieux Industry provided opportunity for casual networking JANUARY 2009 | FOOD PROTECTION TRENDS 37
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