2017 AAFP Conference Schedule
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Tuesday, September 19th
Main Conf Room
12.00 PM
VENDOR SET UP
Main Conf Room
Main Conf Room
3.00 PM
REGISTRATION
Main Conf Room
Pick up Badges & Poster Set up
Rooms F,G,H
5:00 PM
POSTER PRESENTATION
Rooms F,G,H
The Mini's
5:00 PM
OPENING RECEPTION
The Mini's
Speaker: Dr. Matthew Wise, Ph.D., (Centers for Disease Control)
Wednesday, September 20th
Main Room
LIVE PRODUCTION
New Developments in Pre-Harvest Food Safety
Main Room
Moderators:
Dr. Aaron Kiess, Mississippi State University
Brian Dirks, QTI
Main Room
7.00 AM
Registration and Pick Up Badges
Main Room
Main Room
8.30 AM
General Criteria for Feed Additives for Farm Animals: Nutritional and Food Safety Strategies
Main Room
Dr. Todd Callaway, University of Georgia
Main Roon
8.50 AM
Direct-fed Microbials (DFM) and Poultry
Main Roon
Dr. Juan Latorre, University of Arkansas
Rooms F,G,H
9.00 - 11.00 AM
Judging of Posters
Rooms F,G,H
Categories 1-3
Main Room
9.10 AM
Alternatives to Antibiotics: Prebiotics – Novel Sources and Potential Application
Main Room
Dr. Steven C. Ricke, University of Arkansas
Main Room
9.30 AM
Field Perspectives on Potential Intestinal Solutions and In-Feed Food Safety Interventions
Main Room
Dr. Tina Yun-Ting Wang
Dr. Omar Gutierrez, Huvepharma
Main Room
9.50AM
Strategies to Inhibit or Enhance Microbiological Activities in Mixed Populations of Gut Bacteria
Main Room
Robin Anderson, USDA-ARS, College Station, TX
Main Room
10.10 AM
Break / Poster / Vendor
Main Room
The Mini's
Pet Food & Animal Feed Safety Issues
Session Chair
The Mini's
Dr. Griffiths G. Atungulu
The Mini's
7:00 AM
Registration and Pick Up Badges
The Mini's
The Mini's
Discussion
Pet Food & Animal Feed Safety
The Mini's
Scott Sprinkles, 3d Solutions Inc.
Zeinab M-Shad, Fdsc, University Of Arkansas
The Mini's
8.30 AM
Important Lessons From Others On Their Road To Fsma Readiness --- Perspectives Of Small Or Medium Sized Pet Food Manufacturers
The Mini's
Debra Marie Cherney, Director Cherney Microbiological Services
The Mini's
9.00 AM
Improve Production Quality And Profitability With NIR
The Mini's
Nancy Bedore, Application Specialist/ It And Digital Business, Foss North America
Rooms F,G,H
9.00 - 11.00 AM
Judging Of Posters
Rooms F,G,H
Categories 1-3
The Mini's
9.30 AM
Selective Infrared Heating Techniques To Inactivate Mycotoxigenic Fungi Of Food And Feed Ingredients
The Mini's
Shantae Wilson, University Of Arkansas Food Science Department
The Mini's
10.00 AM
Evaluation Of Feeds For Occurrence Of Aflatoxin And Safety
The Mini's
Zeinab M-Shad, University Of Arkansas Food Science Department
The Mini's
10.30 - 12.00 PM
Workshop With Equipment Demo – Moisture In Foods Vs. Accelerated Shelf Life Determination With The Vsa
The Mini's
Wendy Ortman, Product Testing Technologies Application Engineers, Decagon Devices
Griffiths G. Atungulu, Asst. Prof., Grain Process Engineering, Food Science Dept, U Of A
Main Room Continued
Main Room
10.15 AM
New Developments In Post-Harvest & Retail Food Safety
Main Room
Moderators:
Dr. John Marcy, University Of Arkansas
Morgan Wallace, Rheonix
Main Room
10.30 AM
Novel Computer Modeling Of Salmonella Dissemination In A Processing Plant
Main Room
Dale R. Thompson, Computer Science And Computer Engineering Dept., University Of Arkansas
Main Room
10.50 AM
Application Of General Microbiome Sequencing For Poultry Processing
Main Room
Dr. Mike Rothrock, Research Microbiologist, Usda-Ars, Georgia
Main Room
11.10 AM
Campylobacter In Food Production And Processing: Impact Of Microbiome Sequencing On Detection
Main Room
Dr. Steve Ricke, University Of Arkansas
Main Room
11.30 AM
Microbial Competitive Interferences To Listeria Monocytogenes Recovery Using Regulatory Methods
Main Room
Ronald Smiley, Nctr-Fda, Jefferson, Ar
Main Room
11.30 AM
Lunch
Main Room
Main Room
12.00 PM
Luncheon Speaker
Main Room
Shawn Stevens, Food Industry Counsel Llc
Main Room
Food Safety Modernization Act
FSMA
Main Room
Moderator:
Dr. Kendra Waldbusser, Head Of Food Safety And Quality Assurance, Pilgrim’s
Main Room
1.30 PM
FSMA
Main Room
Craig Henry
Rooms F,G,H
2 – 4 PM
Judging Of Posters
Rooms F,G,H
Categories 4-5
Main Room
2.00 PM
Sanitary Transport
Main Room
Pam Johnston, Trans Place
Main Room
2.20 PM
Sanitary Transport Logistics
Main Room
Justin May, Arcbest
Main Room
2.40 PM
Produce Perspective
Main Room
Natalie Dyenson, Dole
Main Room
3.00 PM
Break / Poster / Vendor
Main Room
Main Room
4.00 PM
Pork Food Safety
Main Room
Laura Bachmeier, M.S., Director of Pork Safety National Pork Board
Main Room
4.30 PM
Food Defense Plan
Main Room
Ravi Jageja, OK Chapter
Main Room
5.00 PM
Social Hour / Vendors / Posters
Main Room
AFIC
Thursday, September 21st
Main Room
Emerging Issues
Food Safety By Design
Main Room
Moderator: Dr. John Butts, Land O’ Frost
Main Room
8.00 AM
NCC Update
Main Room
Dr. Ashley Peterson, President, National Chicken Council
Main Room
8.30 AM
Foreign Material- Industry Perspective
Main Room
Dr. Kendra Waldbusser, Head Of Food Safety And Quality Assurance, Pilgrim’s
Main Room
8.50 AM
Foreign Material-Regulatory Perspective
Main Room
Kristie Barlow, USDA
Main Room
9.10 AM
Detectable Plastic & Rubber Contamination Control
Main Room
John Collins, Eriez Manufacturing
Main Room
9.30 AM
Break / Poster / Vendor
Main Room
Main Room
10.30 AM
Validation/Verification Surrogates
Main Room
Brian Umberson, Novolyze
Main Room
10.50 AM
Listeria Whole Genome Sequencing For Retail Food Safety
Main Room
Dr. Haley Oliver, Department Of Food Science, Purdue
Main Room
11.10 AM
FSMA Update
Main Room
Ashley Williams, FDA
Main Room
11.30 AM
Lunch
Main Room
Main Room
11.30 AM
Presentation Of Awards
Main Room
Main Room
12.00 PM
Luncheon Speaker
Main Room
Dr. Linda Harris, Ph.D., IAFP President
Main Room
Emerging Issues
Moderator: Dr. Peggy Cook, Consultant, Wheatsheaf Group
Main Room
Main Room
1.30 PM
WGS At Arkansas Health Department
Main Room
Dirk Haselow, Arkansas Health Department
Main Room
1.50 PM
WGS
Main Room
Maria Ma-Ok Chapter
Main Room
2.10 PM
NGS Beyond WGS
Main Room
Joe Heinzelmann, Neogen
Main Room
2.30 PM
Infraguard-FBI Food Defense
Main Room
Laura Garrett
Main Room
2.50 PM
Blockchain - Supplier Food Safety
Main Room
John Crabill, Walmart
Main Room
3.10 PM
Probiotics For Environmental Remediation
Main Room
Dr. Siobhan Reilly, Log10
Main Room
3.30 PM
AAFP Thank You And Dismissal
Main Room
Brian Umberson
Main Room
3.40 PM
AAFP Closing Meeting
Main Room
Karen Beers
Brian Umberson
Main Room
3.40 PM
Poster Take Down
Main Room
Main Room
3.40 PM
Vendor Take Down
Main Room