Emerging Issues in Food Safety-Locally, Nationally, Globally



Overview: 

Learn about the issues and how can they be addressed. Understand what responsibilities each of us must adopt to help ensure that our food supply is safe.

Why should you Attend: 

This webinar will address the complexity of defining safe food and examine the factors that impact on microbiological food safety.  We will look at the changing nature of foodborne/food transmitted pathogens and the influence of demographics and geography on the changing landscape.  The webinar will also discuss roles and responsibilities for mitigating food contamination and foodborne illness. 

Areas Covered in the Session:

  • Defining food safety
  • Risks and realities
  • Statistical reliability
  • The multiplicity of impacting factors
  • The changing landscape
  • Mitigating the risks


Who Will Benefit:

  • Anyone interested in or involved with food safety, including regulatory authorities, food microbiologists, food producers and teachers.

Speaker and Presenter Information

Michael Brodsky 

Michael Brodsky has been an Environmental Microbiologist for more than 41 years.  He is a Past President of the Ontario Food Protection Association and AOAC International.  He serves as Chair for the AOAC Expert Review Committee for Microbiology, as a scientific reviewer in Microbiology for the AOAC OMA and the AOAC Research Institute, as a reviewer for Standard Method for the Examination of Water and as a chapter editor on QA for the Compendium of Methods in Microbiology.  He is also a lead auditor/assessor in microbiology for the Canadian Association for Laboratory Accreditation (CALA) and is a member of the Board of Directors.

 

Relevant Government Agencies

Food Safety


Event Type
Webcast


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When
Thu, Jun 9, 2016, 1:00pm - 2:00pm ET


Website
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Organizer
Compliance4All


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