Oct 28, 2008
Fresh Produce Microbial Pathogen Testing Webinar Set for November 20th, 2008
Starting November 20, 2008 you can keep up-to-date and current on various hot topic produce issues without ever leaving the comfort of your office. In our continuing effort to reduce postharvest losses and enhance the quality, safety and marketability horticultural crops, the UC Davis Postharvest Technology Research & Information Center is proud to announce the first in a series of new Produce Executive Forum webinars.
Produce Microbial Pathogen Testing: Program Components & Considerations.
Microbial testing has become increasingly used in the fresh produce industry as a means of assuring the safety of fresh produce. How effective produce microbial testing is at enhancing the safety of fresh produce depends on many factors and considerations. Understanding what these key factors and considerations are and how they can most effectively be managed to design and implement a microbial pathogen testing program that makes sense for your enterprise is what this webinar is all about.
Who should participate: produce growers, shippers, packers, fresh-cut processors, distributors, retailers and food service operators. This webinar is intended to provide valuable information to food safety, quality assurance, operations and business management produce executives to allow them to make informed business decisions regarding produce microbial pathogen testing.
When: November 20, 2008 10:00 am Pacific Time / 1:00 pm Eastern Time
Duration: Approximately 90 minutes with an opportunity for participant questions and answers after each topic.
What Microbial Pathogen Testing Can and Can’t Do
James R. Gorny, Ph.D. UC Davis
Key Factors & Considerations in Designing a Produce Pathogen Testing Program
Trevor V. Suslow, Ph.D. UC Davis
Legal & Regulatory Considerations of a Produce Pathogen Testing Program
Leslie Krasny, Keller & Heckman LLP
More detailed information about the UC Davis Fresh Produce Executive Forum Webinar Series: including on-line registration for the November 20, 2008 webinar on “Fresh Produce Microbial Pathogen Testing: Program Components & Considerations” may be found at: http://postharvest.ucdavis.edu/Announce/executive-series.html
Produce Microbial Pathogen Testing: Program Components & Considerations.
Microbial testing has become increasingly used in the fresh produce industry as a means of assuring the safety of fresh produce. How effective produce microbial testing is at enhancing the safety of fresh produce depends on many factors and considerations. Understanding what these key factors and considerations are and how they can most effectively be managed to design and implement a microbial pathogen testing program that makes sense for your enterprise is what this webinar is all about.
Who should participate: produce growers, shippers, packers, fresh-cut processors, distributors, retailers and food service operators. This webinar is intended to provide valuable information to food safety, quality assurance, operations and business management produce executives to allow them to make informed business decisions regarding produce microbial pathogen testing.
When: November 20, 2008 10:00 am Pacific Time / 1:00 pm Eastern Time
Duration: Approximately 90 minutes with an opportunity for participant questions and answers after each topic.
What Microbial Pathogen Testing Can and Can’t Do
James R. Gorny, Ph.D. UC Davis
Key Factors & Considerations in Designing a Produce Pathogen Testing Program
Trevor V. Suslow, Ph.D. UC Davis
Legal & Regulatory Considerations of a Produce Pathogen Testing Program
Leslie Krasny, Keller & Heckman LLP
More detailed information about the UC Davis Fresh Produce Executive Forum Webinar Series: including on-line registration for the November 20, 2008 webinar on “Fresh Produce Microbial Pathogen Testing: Program Components & Considerations” may be found at: http://postharvest.ucdavis.edu/Announce/executive-series.html
