IFT 2007 Annual Meeting & Food Expo
McCormick Center, Chicago, Illinois
July 28–August 1, 2007

 

Friday and Saturday, July 27–28 ( at the Hilton Chicago)

IFT Pre-Meeting Short Course: Nonthermal Processing Technologies
            Co-organizer and co-instructor: Cynthia M. Stewart, NCFST
                                               
Monday, July 30, 8:30 – 10:05 a.m.

Symposium
Botulism from Carrot Juice: Lessons That Need Revisiting

NCFST presentations in this symposium
Controlling the Hazard of Clostridium botulinum in Foods Using the Food Safety Objective (FSO) Approach—Guy E. Skinner

Monday, July 30, 10:30 a.m.–12 p.m.

Oral Session
Nonthermal Processing for Improving Microbial Food Safety--Moderators: Larry Keener, IPSC, Inc., and Cynthia M. Stewart, NCFST

Monday, July 30, 4 p.m. – 5:35 p.m.

Symposium
Innovative Approaches for Microbial Inactivation in Food by HPP-- Moderators: Cynthia M. Stewart, NCFST, and Christopher Doona, U.S. Army Natick Soldier Center

Monday, July 30, 2 p.m. – 3:35 p.m.

Symposium
Advances in Spore Inactivation by High Pressure Processing for Commercial Sterility--            Moderators: Christopher Doona, U.S. Army Natick Soldier Center, and Cynthia M. Stewart, NCFST

NCFST presentations in this symposium: High Pressure Inactivation of Ascospores for Treating Fruits and Fruit Juices—Cynthia M. Stewart, NCFST

IFT Poster Presentations

Monday, July 30, 8:30 a.m.– 12 p.m.

• Evaluation of commercial ELISA kits for quantitation of allergens in dry-heated almond flours and nuts--S. Albillos and T. Fu, NCFST/FDA/IIT
• Comparison of survival of Francisella tularensis in various beverages--D. T. Laird, D. Stewart, K. Reineke, and M. Tortorello, FDA/NCFST

Monday, July 30, 2 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

• Comparison of Listeria monocytogenes strains isolated from the food processing environment for their biofilm forming ability--K. Godbole, D. Stewart, S. Lobo, W. Zhang, and M. Tortorello, NCFST/FDA/IIT

Tuesday, July 31, 8:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.

• Evaluation of a non-destructive high voltage technique for the detection of pinholes in flexible pouches for foods--B. Jain, IIT, and Y. Song, FDA/NCFST

Tuesday, July 31, 2 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

• Stability of picrotoxin in yogurt--L. Jackson, J. Jablonski, and P. Truong, NCFST/FDA/IIT
• Detection of dried egg residues on a stainless steel surface using ELISA and sensitive ATP assays--F. Al-Taher, IIT/NCFST, L. Jackson, NCFST/FDA, and R. Salter, Charm Sciences
• Inactivation of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis 197 and Francisella tularensis LVS by high pressure processing in skim milk and orange juice--B. Parisi, IIT, J. Schlesser and J. Larkin, NCFST/FDA/IIT

Oral/Student Competition and Posters

• Effect of high pressure and the solute type on inactivation of Listeria innocua at different water activities--P. Mariappagoudar, E. Patazca, T. Koutchma, and B. Parisi, NCFST/FDA/IIT
• Optimization of pre-heating parameters of vacuum packed egg patties in high pressure thermally assisted sterilization--A. Goyal, E. Patazca and T. Koutchma, NCFST/FDA/IIT