ICMSF Webinar 2023

EXPERT SPEAKERS

Dr. John Donaghy

Dr. Donaghy is Corporate Food Safety Microbiologist at Nestlé HQ, Switzerland, reporting to the Global Head of Quality. The role primarily concerns operational aspects of food safety microbiology, including hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP), prerequisite programs (PRPs), microbiological specifications and sponsoring of internal R&D projects to underpin microbial food safety.
Dr Donaghy’s previous role was a Senior Food Safety Microbiologist in Nestlé R&D. Prior to joining Nestlé, he worked as Project Leader in Food Safety Microbiology at Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), N. Ireland, on projects funded by FSA (UK), FSAI, Government, Industry and European Union. He is an author of more than 50 scientific publications, specialising in various foodborne pathogens, risk assessment and molecular diagnostics

Dr. Paul Cook

Dr Paul Cook is the science lead in Microbiological Risk Assessment at the Food Standards Agency in the UK. Following a PhD in environmental microbiology Paul undertook postdoctoral research on food microbiology. In 1993 he joined the food safety team in the Department of Health followed by the Food Standards Agency when it was formed in 2000. His work covers a diverse range of microbiological food safety issues including food incidents and outbreaks, epidemiology and burden of foodborne disease, antimicrobial resistance, and research and surveillance.
Paul has been an invited expert on various working groups/meetings of EU Scientific Committees, FAO/WHO consultations and the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. From 2012-2015 he was a member and then vice chair of the EFSA panel on Biological Hazards. He is currently a consultant to the International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods (ICMSF) and a member of the steering committee for the Global Microbial Identifier (GMI)

Dr. Marcel Zwietering

Member since 2005. Consultant 2003. Chair since 2020. Dr Zwietering received his MSc and PhD in Biotechnology at Wageningen University. He continued in the same group as assistant and associate professor, working on quantitative microbiology and risk assessment. He spent a sabbatical half year in the Unilever research lab in Colworth House, UK.
He worked from 1998 until 2002 in the research lab of Danone, Le Plessis Robinson in France, where he worked on quality control of starter cultures, investigation of the symbiosis, metabolic flux analysis, and quantitative risk assessment. Since January 2003, he is professor in Food Microbiology at Wageningen University with research subjects in the domain of food safety management, risk analysis, fermentation, detection and hygiene, eco-physiology and functional genomics. He has published over 200 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Dr Zwietering is editor of the International Journal of Food Microbiology and member of the editorial board of the Journal of Food Protection. He is active in many national and international expert bodies, including member of the Dutch Health Council since 2006. At IAFP2019 he was awarded the Elmer Marth Educator Award and the International Leadership Award.

Dr. Isabel Chinen

Professional specialized in referential diagnosis of Diseases Transmitted by Food (ETA). With work experience in National Laboratory Networks and Regional authorities for the surveillance of ATS through the use of standardized techniques of molecular subtyping and genomic sequencing. She coordinates and participates in scientific projects encouraging interdisciplinary work between the areas of human health, animal health and food safety, within the framework of the One Health concept and in contribution to global surveillance.
Since 2014, she has been coordinating the PulseNet Latin America and the Caribbean Network. PAHO-INEI, Regional Network for surveillance of foodborne pathogens. She is part of the coordination of the WHO / FDA Genome TRAKR Pilot Project (since 2014), for the sequencing of bacterial enteropathogens of importance in Health public. Head of the Pathophysiology Service of the INEI-ANLIS (since 2018), Laboratory National Reference for Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome and E. coli infections. Shape part of the working groups of Experts of the FAO/WHO (JEMRA). active member of the Argentine Association of through the Argentine Commission for Food Safety, Subsidiary IAFP, DAMyC-AAM. In the academic field, she is a member of the Academic Commission of the Master`s Degree in Molecular Microbiology UNSAM/ANLIS.

Dr. Hayriye Bozkurt

Dr. Hayriye Bozkurt is a food microbiologist and food engineer serving as a Senior Lecturer at The University of Adelaide and an Adjunct Senior Researcher at the University of Tasmania. Her expertise lies in food processing and the microbial ecology of food systems, essential areas for advancing food innovation and product development. Dr. Bozkurt`s research centre around how food composition and storage conditions affect the activities and reactions of microbial populations. By enhancing our understanding in these areas, she aims to mitigate the risks of foodborne illnesses and minimize food wastage, thus leading to the creation of safer and more sustainable food systems.
Dr. Bozkurt has contributed to the field of food virology, particularly in studying the thermal inactivation kinetics of foodborne viruses. Her development of inactivation models for foodborne viruses and risk-based decision-support systems has proven beneficial for both the food industry and government bodies aiming to improve food safety. Her knowledge in food engineering and food microbiology plays a crucial role in product development, optimizing processes to maintain and enhance food safety, quality, and sustainability. Dr. Bozkurt`s capacity to integrate these different areas of expertise is instrumental in driving food innovation forward, from the conception of new products to their introduction in the market.

Dr. Martin Cole

Chair from 2000 – 2020. Member since 1996. Consultant 1994. Dr Cole is an internationally recognised food scientist and accomplished science leader with over 20 years’ experience in research management across government, academia and industry. He is the chief of the Division of Animal, Food and Health Sciences (CAFHS) at Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).
Dr Cole joined CSIRO in January 2010, serving as chief of the Division of the Division of Food and Nutritional Sciences prior to the creation of CAFHS in July 2012. Dr Cole is responsible for leading CSIRO’s animal, food and nutritional sciences research portfolio and developing the supporting capability to produce positive outcomes across the Australian food value chain, including productivity, biosecurity and environmental performance of the livestock production and food manufacturing industries, and the nutrition, health and satisfaction of human consumers. Born in the United Kingdom, Dr Cole graduated with a BS from the Manchester Metropolitan University and completed a PhD at the University of East Anglia in 1988. His career has included research and management appointments with food companies Unilever and Nabisco. Dr Cole has been a member of IFT since 1999 and he was a member of the Journal of Food Science editorial board and the Nonthermal Processing Division. Dr Cole currently chairs the IFT Global Regulations and Policy Committee.

Dr. Marta Taniwaki

Member since 2010. Consultant 2008 – 2009. Dr Taniwaki is a scientific researcher at the Food Technology Institute (ITAL) in Campinas, Brazil. She graduated in biology and has a PhD in Food Science and Technology from the University of New South Wales, Australia.
She is also an active member of the International Commission on Food Mycology (ICFM) since 1997. She is author of more than 100 publications in the area of food mycology, mycotoxins and food microbiology. She has worked on several expert consultations on food contaminants for Brazilian government, food companies and FAO.

Dr. Santana León

LAS ICMSF member (Since 2017). Free-lance consultant and auditor on food safety management (ISO 22000, BRC, FSSC); quality management (ISO 9001); risk management (ISO 31000); conformity assessment (ISO/IEC 17025, ISO IEC 17065). Expert in HACCP, laboratory quality assurance, and microbiological methods uncertainty.
Former secretary of the Technical Committee for Standardization from INACAL - PERU (TCS) for Assurance and Management Quality; and TCS of Quality Management and Food Safety. Current member of TCS of Conformity Assessment (Family ISO/IEC 17000). Part-time professorship at the Instituto para la Calidad from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.

Dra. Maria Isabel Calderón Gabaldón

Observer member of LAS ICMSF (Since 2020). Professor-Researcher at the Central University of Venezuela where she teaches the subjects of Biotechnology and Microbial Control, Food Microbiology, Food and Health in Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses at the Faculty of Food Science and Technology.
Her research experience focuses on the study of bioactive plant compounds in terms of their antimicrobial, anticancer, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity and the use of different technological alternatives (Ultraviolet Light, Natural Antimicrobials and Plasma Irradiation) in highly perishable foods to prolong its useful life. She is an active member of the SC3 Food Microbiology Standardization Technical Subcommittee, attached to the CT10 Food Products Standardization Technical Committee, SENCAMER.

Dr. Wayne Anderson

Member since 2007. Consultant 2006. Dr Wayne Anderson joined the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) in 1999 from the food industry and is Director of Food Science and Standards. He previously served 10 years with Unilever research and a year as technical manager with Leitrim Foods.
He holds a primary degree in biochemistry and a PhD in predictive microbiology. He is a member of the International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods (ICMSF), a fellow of the Institute of Food Science and Technology Ireland (IFSTI) and a fellow of the Institute of Food Science and Technology UK (IFST). He has worked with WHO/FAO on several expert consultations and represents Ireland on the Codex Committee for Food Hygiene. He is also a member of the UK Advisory Committee for the Microbiology Safety of Food (ACMSF) and an Adjunct Professor at University College Dublin, Institute of Food and Health.

Dr. Jeff Farber

Treasurer 1999 – 2018. Member since 1998. Dr. Farber is currently the Director of an international consulting firm, which does food safety consulting with various organizations and countries. In addition, he is a senior advisor for Index Biosystems, a Canadian biotechnology company working in the area of food traceability and authenticity.
Dr. Farber is also an Adjunct Professor and member of the graduate faculty in the Department of Food Science at the University of Guelph, in Guelph, Ontario. Dr. Farber most recently was employed as a Full Professor in the Department of Food Science at the University of Guelph, in Guelph, Ontario, where he was Director of the Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety and head of the Master’s Program in Food Safety and Quality Assurance. Previous to that, he was the Director of the Bureau of Microbial Hazards in the Food Directorate of Health Canada, where he led a group of about 60 people working in various areas of microbial food safety and was instrumental in advancing the development of policy approaches on emerging microbial food safety issues in Canada and at a global level.

Dr. Farber has over 180 publications, plus numerous Book Chapters and has edited 5 books. He was Associate Editor of the International Journal of Food Microbiology for many years and has been on a number of Journal Editorial Boards. He is a Past-President of the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) and Executive Director of the International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods (ICMSF), a leading global think tank on emerging food safety concerns. Dr. Farber also has extensive experience working experience at the international level with organizations such as FAO, WHO and Codex Alimentarius. He was also recently appointed to the newly formed Science and Technology Advisory Group (STAG), under the umbrella of GFSI.

Dr. Farber has received numerous personal and team awards, winning 3 awards in 2020 from the International Association for Food Protection, and being nominated as a Fellow for The International Union of Food Science and Technology. As well, in 2022, Dr. Farber received an award from the American Frozen Food Institute for his exceptional work in improving the safety of the frozen food supply. In 2009, he won one of the highest awards presented to Federal Public Health Officials, the Prime Minister’s Outstanding Achievement Award, for his work as the lead scientist for Health Canada on the deli-meat listeriosis outbreak.

Dr. Kiran Bhilegaonkar

Dr Bhilegaonkar is the principal scientist and in-charge of the regional center of the Indian Veterinary Research Institute, at Pune, Maharashtra, India. He graduated in Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry and holds a PhD in Veterinary Public Health. He has about 28 years of research experience in the area of microbial food safety and zoonotic diseases. As a faculty of Veterinary Public Health discipline, he has guided several PhD and Master of Veterinary Science students.
He is author/co-author of about 110 peer-reviewed research publications and several book chapters on food safety and zoonoses, and is an editor of Journal of Veterinary Public Health. Dr Bhilegaonkar is a fellow of Indian Association of Veterinary Public Health Specialists (IAVPHS) and associate of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), India. He has contributed as a member to scientific panels/expert committees/task force groups of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India and Bureau of Indian Standards.

Dr. Michelle Danyluk

Treasurer since 2018. Member since 2016. Consultant 2015. Dr Michelle Danyluk is a professor of Food Safety and Microbiology in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, at the University of Florida. She is situated in the Citrus Research and Education Center, in Lake Alfred, Florida. Michelle completed a Bachelors in Microbiology from the University of Alberta, a Masters in Food Science and Technology from the University of Georgia and a PhD in Food Science from the University of California, Davis.
Upon accepting her position at the University of Florida in 2007, she fulfilled her life goal of living with palm trees. Her research and extension interests include microbial food safety and quality, emphasising the microbiology of fruit juices, fresh fruits, vegetables and nuts. Her primary research focuses on Salmonella in produce and nuts, including its movement within the production and processing environments, and subsequent implications for public health. Michelle’s extension program includes teaching specialised food safety, security or beverage processing programmes to stakeholders. Michelle received a University Term Professorship (2019), a Research Foundation Professorship Award (2015), an Excellence Award for Assistant Professors (2013) and the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Richard Jones Outstanding New Faculty Research Award (2011) from the University of Florida. She also received the Larry Beuchat Young Researcher Award (2010) and the Presidents Recognition Awards (2011, 2013, 2017, and 2019) from the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP), where she served as President in 2022-2023.

Ana Karina Carrascal Camacho

Master´s Degree in Microbiology. Associate Professor at the Microbiology Department from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. She oversees the signatures of Food Microbiology and Food Industry Safety Management Systems. Runs the Microbiology Lab, where they have conducted different investigations regarding pathogen, such as Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella spp. Has published her work on more than 50 index publications and refereed journals.
Since 2019, she has participated as an observer of the LAS-ICMSF Group. Qualified auditor in HACCP, GMP and ISO 22000. Former and Certified Lead Instructor in Preventive Controls for Human Food by the FSPCA. Also, member of the expert panel for Food Safety Risk Assessment (ERIA) and Pesticides. International Consultant on Food Safety for Government, Academia, and Industry.

Dr. Francisco Garcés

Observer member of LAS-ICMSF since 2021. Agro-industrial production engineer and master in process design and management from the Universidad de La Sabana, Bogotá-Colombia, and a Ph.D. in bio-systems engineering from Michigan State University, East Lansing-US.
Research and work focused on the development and use of quantitative tools in food safety, including predictive microbiology, risk assessment, and process validation among others. Has relevant experience teaching at the graduate and postgraduate levels, research, and consulting. Currently, works as an independent consultant and lecturer at the Universidad de La Salle, Bogota-Colombia.

Dr. Ellen Evans

Dr Evans is a Research Fellow at Cardiff Metropolitan University`s ZERO2FIVE Food Industry Centre. Her research interests relate to the impact of human cognition and behaviour upon food safety throughout the food supply chain from production through to consumer handling, as well as the design, development, implementation and evaluation of targeted interventions to reduce the risk of foodborne illness from food safety malpractices.
Her food safety research projects incorporate three key areas; food safety culture in the food and drink manufacturing and processing industry; consumer food safety cognition and behaviour in the domestic environment; and, food safety education, communication and training in public health and healthcare settings with vulnerable patient groups, family caregivers and healthcare professionals.

Dr. Lucia Anelich

Member since 2005. Consultant 2004. Dr Anelich holds a PhD in Microbiology. She spent 25 years in academia in South Africa as Head of Department Biotechnology and Food Technology, and Associate Professor. In 2006, she joined the Consumer Goods Council of South Africa where she established a food safety body for the South African food industry, a first for the country.
In 2011, she started her own international food safety consulting and training business. She was appointed Extra-ordinary Associate Professor at Stellenbosch University 2011-2014. Dr Anelich is a member of the ICMSF, Chair of the Scientific Council of the International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST), fellow of the International Academy of Food Science and Technology (IAFoST), president of the South African Association for Food Science and Technology, executive and scientific director of the International Life Science Institute (ILSI) South Africa, chair of the Food Hygiene Committee for the South African Bureau of Standards, advisor to the National Department of Health in South Africa on food safety regulations, and food hygiene expert for the African Union-IBAR. Dr Anelich has served two terms on the Governing Council of IUFoST, authored/co-authored a number of publications and book chapters, and presented over 130 talks nationally and internationally.

Dr. Leon Gorris

Secretary 2007 – 2010, 2018 – present. ICMSF delegation head for Codex Alimentarius Committee on Food Hygiene since 2006. Member since 2001. Consultant 2000. Dr Leon Gorris is a free-lance food safety expert residing in The Netherlands. He has been providing advice and consultancy to public organisations (Universities, Intergovernmental Organisations, Governments, NGOs, Scientific Associations, and other Public Associations) on all aspects of food safety management, including microbiological and chemical hazards in food.
Leon has participated in a range of scientific and technical discussions, developments of tools and publications, food safety capability building workshops and conferences around the globe. Previously, Dr Gorris has held several jobs ay Unilever, lastly being director for Regulatory Affairs, with specific responsibility for food safety regulations globally. He joined Unilever in 1997 and has been based in the UK, Shanghai and the Netherlands. From 1990–1997, Dr Gorris worked at the Agrotechnological Research Institute (ATO-DLO) in Wageningen, which was part of the Agricultural Research Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries, the Netherlands. From 2002–2012, he held a part-time professorship serving as the European Chair in Food Safety Microbiology at the University of Wageningen, The Netherlands. He is currently a visiting professor at three Universities in China: China Agricultural University’s School of Food Science and Nutrition in Beijing, Shanghai Ocean University and the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology. Dr Gorris represents ICMSF at Codex Alimentarius and in interactions with FAO and WHO. Dr Gorris is an IAFP fellow, was awarded the IAFP International Leadership Award in 2007, and selected to present the John H Silliker Lecturer in 2014. He is past-chair of the Food and Water Safety science cluster and EXCO member of ILSI Southeast Asia Region. He is the past-chair of the Risk Analysis taskforce and the Publication Committee of ILSI Europe and a past member of its Scientific Advisory Committee. Current engagements include member of the FAO/WHO Joint Expert Meetings on Microbiological Risk Assessment (JEMRA; rosters 2018-2027), on the NSHR (non-staff human resources) Roster of AGFF (Rome) and REU (Budapest) of FAO – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2020-2023), member of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of Risk Monitoring and Evaluation of the Expert Committee on Food Safety, member and co-chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee of CHIFSS (Capability Harnessing Initiative on Food Safety Science), India, and member of the International Scientific Advisory Panel of the New Zealand Food Safety Research Centre.

Dr. Ana Marisa Cordero Peña

Specialist in Agricultural Health and Food Safety at the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, Costa Rica headquarters. She has extensive experience in issues related to the modernization and strengthening of agricultural health and food safety services.
She has been responsible for the development and application of the "Performance, Vision and Strategy" tool used by IICA to support the strengthening of official services; as well as in international regulations of the World Trade Organization related to agricultural trade and agricultural health and food safety, its regulations and their application, and the regulations of the International Organizations of Reference. He has been responsible for the execution of different technical cooperation projects financed by the Standards Facilitation and Trade Promotion Fund (STDF) as well as projects financed by USDA/FAS and FDA to support the implementation of the requirements of the FSMA law of the United States.

Dr. Tom Ross

Member since 2007. Consultant 2006. Dr Ross is a food microbiologist specialising in mathematical modelling and microbial ecology of foods. In addition to academic outputs in microbial ecology and physiology, he and his colleagues develop mathematical models and risk-based decision-support systems based on that microbial ecology and physiology research that are now widely used in the food industry and by government.
Dr Ross was also Director of the ARC Industrial Transformations Training Centre for Innovative Horticultural Products at the University of Tasmania. He has written more than 160 scientific papers and book chapters concerning predictive microbiology and quantitative microbial risk assessment, and has served, and continues to serve, on numerous expert consultations on food safety risk assessment and risk management for Australian government and industry organisations, and FAO and WHO, and EFSA. In 2014, he received the Keith Farrer Award from the Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology for his achievements in research and education in food science.

Dr. Anett Winkler

Anett Winkler joined Kraft Jacobs Suchard in December 1998 to head up the research microbiology laboratory in Munich. Later on Anett concentrated on chocolate, biscuits and other low moisture foods including supplier developments and approvals. She also consolidated the scientific basis for microbiological process controls in low moisture foods by performing validation studies for nut & cocoa processing.
Following a regional role for Microbiology in the Eastern European, Middle East & African Region she was globally designing food safety programs, rolling out training modules related to food safety and further supporting supplier development. Anett was also the global expert for thermal processing within Mondelez International. In October 2017 Anett moved to a new position as “EMEA Regional Food Microbiologist Lead” at Cargill, where she is supporting all Cargill businesses in that region (Europe / Middle East / Africa) for microbiological / food safety related topics. Anett is active in ILSI Europe (Chair of Microbiology Food Safety TF), and a consultant to ICMSF since 2022. Within Germany she is also co-editor of the Handbook on Food Hygiene.

Dr. Mike Batz

Office of Analytics and Outreach, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, United States. Member since 2020. Mr Batz joined the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2016 and is currently Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Analytics and Outreach in the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN).
Prior to joining FDA, he was Head of Food Safety Programs, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, as well as Executive Director of the Food Safety Research Consortium. He earned an MSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) from Carnegie Mellon University in 1998, and a dual BS in ECE and Engineering and Public Policy, also from Carnegie Mellon. Mr Batz has been developing quantitative analyses to improve public health decision making for 20 years, with focus on risk ranking, multi-criteria analysis, and foodborne illness source attribution. He has worked as a consultant to the FAO and WHO on risk prioritisation and was recently elected Vice-Chair of the Committee on Control of Foodborne Infections (CCFI) of the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP).

Dr. Peter McClure

Member since 2011. Consultant 2010. Dr McClure gained his BSc and PhD from Cardiff University and joined the Institute of Food Research in the UK in 1985, to work in the areas predictive modeling and microbiological food safety.
He worked for Unilever for over 20 years and in 2014 joined Mondelēz International as the section manager for Microbiology and Food Safety for Europe, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa, thereafter being appointed Principal Microbiologist for Mondelez. Dr McClure is a member of the Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food in the UK, is a co-editor of Foodborne Pathogens (published by Woodhead Publishing), Food Microbiology (published by the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK), and is a visiting professor at Leeds University.

Dr. Bob Buchanan

Dr. Buchanan, Director of the University of Maryland’s Center for Food Safety and Security Systems, received his B.S, M.S. M.Phil, and Ph.D. degrees in Food Science from Rutgers University, and post-doctoral training in mycotoxicology at the University of Georgia.
Since then he has 30 years experience teaching, conducting research in food safety, and working at the interface between science and public health policy, first in academia, then in government service in both USDA and FDA, and most recently at the University of Maryland. His scientific interests are diverse, and include extensive experience in predictive microbiology, quantitative microbial risk assessment, microbial physiology, mycotoxicology, and HACCP systems. He has published widely on a wide range of subjects related to food safety, and is one of the co-developers of the widely used USDA Pathogen Modeling Program. Dr. Buchanan has served on numerous national and international advisory bodies including serving as a member of the International Commission on Microbiological Specification for Foods for 20 years, as a six-term member of the National Advisory Committee for Microbiological Criteria for Foods, and as the U.S. Delegate to the Codex Alimentarius Committee on Food Hygiene for 10 years.

08:00-08:15 AM	Opening of the Webinar.	Bernadette Franco and Janeth Luna
08:15-08:35 AM	Use and interpretation of gene-based data for on market food safety	Paul Cook
8:35-08:55 AM	Microbiome-based pathogen control strategies that can be implemented in the food industry	John Donaghy
08:55-09:05 AM	Q & A
09:05-09:20 AM	Use and interpretation of gene-based (PCR/WGS) data for MRA	Marcel Zwietering
09:20-09:40 AM	Experience from LATAM	Isabel Chinen
09:40-09:50 AM	Q & A and discussion
09:50-10:00 AM	Break

10:00-10:20 AM	Alternative types of ingredients and food products (Insect or plant-based proteins, lab-meat, etc.): what comes to market and are there (new) hazards and risks?	Hayriye Bozkurt and Martin Cole
10:20- 10:40 AM	Using fungi to produce alternative food types, benefits and risks	Marta Taniwaki
10:40-10:50 AM	Q & A
10:50-11:10 AM	Experiences from LATAM concerning alternative types of food ingredients	Santana Leon and María Isabel Calderón
11:10-11:30 AM	Regulatory status and standards development regarding novel types of foods	Wayne Anderson
11:30AM–12:00 PM	Q & A and discussion

08:00-08:20 AM	Old friends and (re)emerging foodborne hazards associated to consumer risk	Jeff Farber
08:20-08:40 AM	Drivers and mechanisms of the (re)emergence of foodborne hazards	Kiran Bhilegaonkar
8:40-08:50 AM	Q & A
08:50-09:10 AM	Salmonella in low moisture foods – new hazard tricks causing consumer risks	Michelle Danyluk and Francisco Garces
09:10-09:30 AM	E-commerce and consumer behavior – are hazards and risks changing?	Ellen Evans
09:30-09:45 AM	Q & A and discussion
09:45-10:00 AM	Break

10:00-10:20 AM	Challenges to industry and authorities concerning Listeria monocytogenes	Lucia Anelich
10:20- 10:40 AM	Codex MCs regarding Listeria monocytogenes in RTE foods	Leon Gorris
10:40-10:50 AM	Q & A
10:50-11:10 AM	Microbiological criteria for RTE foods in LATAM	Francisco Garces and Ana Karina Carrascal
11:10-11:30 AM	A new MC type for Listeria monocytogenes in low-risk foods	Marcel Zwietering
11:30AM–12:00 PM	Q & A and discussion

08:00-08:20 AM	The need to improve food safety – food security and sustainability of food production.	Ana Marisa Cordero
08:20-08:40 AM	Big data impacting dynamic food safety risk management in the food chain (brief overview of position paper)	Tom Ross
8:40-08:50 AM	Q & A
08:50-09:10 AM	Food manufacturing using Big Data approaches to assure food safety	Anett Winkler
09:10-09:30 AM	Impact assessment of challenges and mitigations involving Big Data technologies	Mike Batz
09:30-09:45 AM	Q & A and discussion
09:45-10:00 AM	Break

Day 1: Tuesday 26^th - Session 1 (8:00 - 10:00 AM)

Utility of gene-based data in Microbiological Risk assessment and Risk management.

Moderators: Bernadette Franco and Janeth Luna

Day 1: Tuesday 26^th - Session 2 (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM)

Managing hazards and risks in novel types of ingredients and foods.

Moderators: Janeth Luna and Francisco Garces

Day 2: Wednesday 27^th - Session 3 (8:00 - 10:00 AM)

Food safety challenges cause by (re-)emerging hazards

Moderators: Ana Karina Carrascal & Silvia Raffellini

Day 2: Wednesday 27^th - Session 4 (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM)

Managing L. monocytogenes through testing and microbiological criteria

Moderators: Francisco Garces and Leon Gorris

Day 3: Thursday 28^th - Session 5 (8:00 - 10:00 AM)

Opportunities provided by Big Data and related technologies to improve food safety – food security and sustainability of food production.

Moderators: Francisco Garces & María Isabel Calderón

Day 3: Thursday 28^th - Session 6 (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM)

The need for systems thinking to address challenges in assuring food safety – food security and sustainability of food production

Moderators: Janeth Luna and Marcel Zwietering

Tuesday 26^th - Session 1 (8:00 - 10:00 AM)

Utility of gene-based data in Microbiological Risk assessment and Risk management.

Moderators: Bernadette Franco and Janeth Luna

Tuesday 26^th - Session 2 (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM)

Managing hazards and risks in novel types of ingredients and foods.

Moderators: Janeth Luna and Francisco Garces

Wednesday 27^th - Session 3 (8:00 - 10:00 AM)

Food safety challenges cause by (re-)emerging hazards

Moderators: Ana Karina Carrascal & Silvia Raffellini

Wednesday 27^th - Session 4 (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM)

Managing L. monocytogenes through testing and microbiological criteria

Moderators: Francisco Garces and Leon Gorris

Thursday 28^th - Session 5 (8:00 - 10:00 AM)

Opportunities provided by Big Data and related technologies to improve food safety – food security and sustainability of food production.

Moderators: Francisco Garces & María Isabel Calderón

Thursday 28^th - Session 6 (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM)

The need for systems thinking to address challenges in assuring food safety – food security and sustainability of food production

Moderators: Janeth Luna and Marcel Zwietering

10:00-10:20 AM	A wholistic view on balancing food safety management with food security and food production sustainability	Peter McClure
10:20- 10:40 AM	A systems approach to assess the impact of global megatrends and of possible mitigations on the balance between food safety, food security and sustainability	Bob Buchanan
10:40-10:50 AM	Q & A
10:50-11:15 AM	Case study: Maize	Marta Taniwaki and Ana Karina Carrascal
11:15-11:30 AM	Q & A and discussion
11:30 AM–12:00 PM	Closure of the webinar	Janeth Luna and Bernadette Franco

Day 1: Tuesday 26th - Session 1 (8:00 - 10:00 AM)

Utility of gene-based data in Microbiological Risk assessment and Risk management.

Moderators: Bernadette Franco and Janeth Luna

Day 1: Tuesday 26th - Session 2 (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM)

Managing hazards and risks in novel types of ingredients and foods.

Moderators: Janeth Luna and Francisco Garces

Day 2: Wednesday 27th - Session 3 (8:00 - 10:00 AM)

Food safety challenges cause by (re-)emerging hazards

Moderators: Ana Karina Carrascal & Silvia Raffellini

Day 2: Wednesday 27th - Session 4 (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM)

Managing L. monocytogenes through testing and microbiological criteria

Moderators: Francisco Garces and Leon Gorris

Day 3: Thursday 28th - Session 5 (8:00 - 10:00 AM)

Opportunities provided by Big Data and related technologies to improve food safety – food security and sustainability of food production.

Moderators: Francisco Garces & María Isabel Calderón

Day 3: Thursday 28th - Session 6 (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM)

The need for systems thinking to address challenges in assuring food safety – food security and sustainability of food production

Moderators: Janeth Luna and Marcel Zwietering

Tuesday 26th - Session 1 (8:00 - 10:00 AM)

Utility of gene-based data in Microbiological Risk assessment and Risk management.

Moderators: Bernadette Franco and Janeth Luna

Tuesday 26th - Session 2 (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM)

Managing hazards and risks in novel types of ingredients and foods.

Moderators: Janeth Luna and Francisco Garces

Wednesday 27th - Session 3 (8:00 - 10:00 AM)

Food safety challenges cause by (re-)emerging hazards

Moderators: Ana Karina Carrascal & Silvia Raffellini

Wednesday 27th - Session 4 (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM)

Managing L. monocytogenes through testing and microbiological criteria

Moderators: Francisco Garces and Leon Gorris

Thursday 28th - Session 5 (8:00 - 10:00 AM)

Opportunities provided by Big Data and related technologies to improve food safety – food security and sustainability of food production.

Moderators: Francisco Garces & María Isabel Calderón

Thursday 28th - Session 6 (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM)

The need for systems thinking to address challenges in assuring food safety – food security and sustainability of food production

Moderators: Janeth Luna and Marcel Zwietering

Day 1: Tuesday 26^th - Session 1 (8:00 - 10:00 AM)

Day 1: Tuesday 26^th - Session 2 (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM)

Day 2: Wednesday 27^th - Session 3 (8:00 - 10:00 AM)

Day 2: Wednesday 27^th - Session 4 (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM)

Day 3: Thursday 28^th - Session 5 (8:00 - 10:00 AM)

Day 3: Thursday 28^th - Session 6 (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM)

Tuesday 26^th - Session 1 (8:00 - 10:00 AM)

Tuesday 26^th - Session 2 (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM)

Wednesday 27^th - Session 3 (8:00 - 10:00 AM)

Wednesday 27^th - Session 4 (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM)

Thursday 28^th - Session 5 (8:00 - 10:00 AM)

Thursday 28^th - Session 6 (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM)