One of the premier events to which the food safety community looks forward is the annual meeting of the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP). This includes the faculty and students from the University of Maryland’s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources’ Center for Food Safety and Security Systems (CFS3), who presented their research findings. CFS3 members participating included faculty members of the University of Maryland departments of Nutrition and Food Science, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, and Animal and Avian Sciences, their students, and the scientists and staff of the Joint Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition (JIFSAN). This year the annual meeting was held in Portland, Oregon and CFS3 / JIFSAN faculty and students had a large presence.
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Hao Pang, Miao Guo, Abhinav Mishra, Luxi Ruan[/caption]
Symposia:
The Vegetarian Lifestyle: Molecular Responses of Enteric Pathogens to Fresh Produce
Organizer: Shirley Micallef
Convenors: Shirley Micallef and Tong (Nancy) Liu
Presentations:
Genome-wide Transcriptional Profiling of Salmonella Typhimurium Epiphytically Attaching and Colonizing Tomato Plants
Shirley Micallef, University of Maryland-College Park
Chasing “Zero”: How Likely to Reach Success?
Organizers: Keith Lampel, Pamela Wilger and George Wilson
Convenor: Pamela Wilger
Presentations:
Risk Assessment as It Relates to Achieving Zero
Robert Buchanan, University of Maryland
Safe Food for the Entire Family: The Global Pet Food Safety Frontier
Organizers: Linda Leake and Robert Buchanan
Convenors: Linda Leake, Abani Pradhan and Elisabetta Lambertini
Presentations:
Salmonella Transmission Linked to Contamination of Pet Foods: What We Have Learned
Robert Buchanan, University of Maryland
20 Years of Risk-based International Trade — Successes and Failures of the WTO
Organizers: Ian Jenson, Yuhuan Chen and Isabel Walls
Convenors: Yuhuan Chen and Isabel Walls
Presentations:
International Risk Assessments – International Agreement?
Robert Buchanan, University of Maryland
Global Lab Capacity Building – Training for Ensuring Food Safety
Organizers: George Wilson , Wendy Warren and Pamela Wilger
Convenor: Leslie Thompson
Presentations:
Challenges in the Laboratory within the Developing World; Technology, Training, Government Regulations
Janie Dubois, University of Maryland
Technical Sessions:
Development of a Graphical-user Interface to Optimize the Temperature for the Supply Chain of Leafy Greens Using Nonlinear Programming
Abhinav Mishra, University of Maryland; Elisabetta Lambertini, University of Maryland; Abani Pradhan, University of Maryland
Quantitative Risk Assessment of Toxoplasma gondii Infection through Consumption of Fresh Pork in the United States
Miao Guo, University of Maryland; Elisabetta Lambertini, University of Maryland; Robert Buchanan, University of Maryland; Jitender Dubey, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Dolores Hill, U.S. Department of Agriculture; H. Ray Gamble, National Academy of Science Fellowships Office; Jeffrey Jones, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Abani Pradhan, University of Maryland
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Miao Guo- Technical Session Presentation[/caption]
Evaluating the Effect of Cover Crops on the Survival and Growth Dynamics of Foodborne Bacterial Indicators in Soil and on Cantaloupes Grown Organically
Neiunna Reed-Jones, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD; Sasha Marine, University of Maryland, Salisbury, MD; Kathryne Everts, University of Maryland, Salisbury, MD; Shirley Micallef, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Prevalence of Campylobacter in Integrated Mixed Crop-livestock Farms and Its Survival Ability in Post-harvest Products
Serajus Salaheen, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Mengfei Peng, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Debabrata Biswas, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Posters:
Investigating Metrics Proposed to Prevent the Harvest of Leafy Green Crops Contaminated by Flood Water
Mary Theresa Callahan, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Manan Sharma, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS, Beltsville, MD; Patricia Millner, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS, Beltsville, MD; Shirley Micallef, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Robert Buchanan, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
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Mary Theresa Callahan, Robert Buchanan[/caption]
Survival of Key Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli and Salmonella Serotypes in Various Domestic Animal Feces
Fei Wang, University of Maryland-College Park, College Park, MD; Luxi Ruan, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Saharuetai Jeamsripong, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA; Michele T. Jay-Russell, University of California, Davis, CA; Robert Buchanan, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
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Fei Wang, Luxi Ruan[/caption]
Emission and Deposition of Bioaerosols Generated during Mechanical Handling (Mixing) of Composts
Tong (Nancy) Liu, Center for Food Safety and Security Systems, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Patricia Millner, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS, Beltsville, MD; Shirley Micallef, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Robert Buchanan, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Survival of E. coli on Microgreens during Growth
Ellen Turner, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Robert Buchanan, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Yaguang Luo, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS, Beltsville, MD
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Ellen Turner[/caption]
Quantitative Risk Assessment for Listeria monocytogenes in Cantaloupe
Miao Wang, University of Maryland; Elisabetta Lambertini, University of Maryland; Shirley Micallef, University of Maryland; Abani Pradhan, University of Maryland
Identifying and Modeling Multi-scale Risk Factors for Contamination by Foodborne Pathogens in Mixed Farms
Hao Pang, University of Maryland; Elisabetta Lambertini, University of Maryland; Abani Pradhan, University of Maryland
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Hao Pang[/caption]
Assessment of the Dose-Response Relationship of Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Mice Experimentally Infected with Type II Bradyzoites
Miao Guo, University of Maryland; Robert Buchanan, University of Maryland; Jitender Dubey, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Dolores Hill, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Yuqing Ying, University of Maryland; H. Ray Gamble, National Academy of Science Fellowships Office; Jeffrey Jones, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Abani Pradhan, University of Maryland
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Miao Guo[/caption]
Development of Survival, Growth, and Death Models for Salmonella during Non-isothermal Time-temperature Profiles in Leafy Green Supply Chain
Abhinav Mishra, University of Maryland; Abani Pradhan, University of Maryland
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Abhinav Mishra[/caption]
Modeling Foodborne Pathogen Transfer and Exposure in the Household Environment
Elisabetta Lambertini, University of Maryland; Robert Buchanan, University of Maryland; Clare Narrod, University of Maryland; Abani Pradhan, University of Maryland
Whole Genome Sequencing Provides Rapid Traceback of Clinical to Food Sources during a Foodborne Outbreak of Salmonellosis
Maria Hoffmann, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, College Park, MD; Yan Luo, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, College Park, MD; Steven Monday, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, College Park, MD; Tim Muruvanda, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, College Park, MD; Daniel Janies, University North Carolina, Charlotte, NC; Izzet Senturk, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; Umit Catalyurek, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; William Wolfgang, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY; Robert Myers, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Baltimore, MD; Peter Evans, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, College Park, MD; Jianghong Meng, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Marc Allard, U.S. Food and Drug Administration-CFSAN, College Park, MD; Eric Brown, U.S. Food and Drug Administration-CFSAN, College Park, MD
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Food Safety Trainings by Determining Factors That Influence Grower Adoption of Food Safety Certification Practices
Donna Pahl, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Tarik Chfadi, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Clare Narrod, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Christopher Walsh, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; David Martin, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; Shirley Micallef, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Fate of E. coli O157:H7, Listeria monocytogenes, and Salmonella enterica in Soil is Not Influenced by Mulching Treatment
Rachel McEgan, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Shirley Micallef, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Bacteria Associated with Tomato Microbiomes: Ripe vs. Unripe
Sarah Allard, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Ganyu Gu, Virginia Tech, Painter, VA; Elizabeth Reed, U.S. Food and Drug Administration-CFSAN, College Park, MD; Steven Rideout, Virginia Tech, Painter, VA; James White, Resphera Biosciences, Baltimore, MD; Shirley Micallef, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Andrea Ottesen, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, College Park, MD; Sasha Gorham, U.S. Food and Drug Administration - CFSAN, College Park, MD
Impact of Different Washing Methods on Epiphytic Bacterial Communities on Organic Lettuce
Aixia Xu, University of Maryland, Department of Nutrition and Food Science,, College Park, MD; Shirley Micallef, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
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Aixia Xu[/caption]
Reduced Contamination of Campylobacter in Poultry Grown in Mixed Crop-livestock Farms with Cheap Byproducts of Berry Fruits
Serajus Salaheen, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Mengfei Peng, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Cecilia Nguyen, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Christine Mui, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Debabrata Biswas, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Bacteriophage-resistant Mutants of Lactobacillus casei and L. plantarum and Their Interaction with Foodborne Bacterial Pathogens
Mengfei Peng, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Serajus Salaheen, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Debabrata Biswas, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Effects of Compounds in Olea europaea on Growth of Major Enteric Bacterial Pathogens and Lactobacillus Strains
Mengfei Peng, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Debabrata Biswas, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Bioactive Extracts of Berry Pomace and Probiotic Lactobacillus Synergistically Inhibit Pathogenic Salmonella
Serajus Salaheen, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Mengfei Peng, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Christine Mui, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Cecilia Nguyen, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Debabrata Biswas, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella Typhimurium, Murine Norovirus, and Tulane Virus on Foliar Surfaces of Spinach Plants
Eric Handy, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS-EMFSL, Beltsville, MD; Russell Reynnells, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD; Mary Theresa Callahan, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD; Cheryl Roberts, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS-EMFSL, Beltsville, MD; Sarah Markland, University of Delaware, Newark, DE; Kalmia Kniel, University of Delaware, Newark, DE; Manan Sharma, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS-EMFSL, Beltsville, MD