AQIA 7th Annual Meeting

In parallel with BNFIQ 2016

Quebec Convention Centre

PROGRAM
Innovation in Response to Current and Emerging Food Safety Issues
Wednesday October 5th 2016 Room 205
15:00

AQIA Annual Meeting

BREAK

16:15

Mobile Applications for Feed and Food Safety Management

Sigrid Haas-Lauterbach, Division Food and Feed, r-Biopharm AG, Germany

17:00

Welcome Cocktail

Thursday October 6th 2016 Room 205

Simultaneous Translation Available

8:30

Welcoming Remarks
Julie Jean, INAF, U. Laval, Canada, President of the Quebec Association for Food Protection

8:35

KEYNOTE TALK
Innovation, a Challenge and an Opportunity for Food Safety Regulators
Martine Dubuc, Chief Food Safety Officer for Canada, Canadian Food Inspection Agency
(CFIA), Canada

Thme 1: Innovation in Genomics to Address Food Safety Challenges

Session sponsored by Genome Quebec
Chair: Ismail Fliss, INAF, U. Laval, Canada
Address by Main Sponsor
Daniel Coderre, Genome Quebec, Canada
9:00

Detecting Salmonella in Foods with Genomics-Based Techniques

Lawrence Goodridge, Professor, Ian and Jayne Munro Chair in food safety, Faculty of
Agricultural and Environmental Safety, McGill U., Canada

9:30

The Use of Genomics-Based Techniques for Foodborne Illness Surveillance

Sadjia Bekal, Microbiologist, Quebec Public Health Laboratory, National Institute of Public
Health of Quebec, Canada
Health Break

PROGRAM
Innovation in response to current and emerging food safety issues
Thursday October 6th 2016 (contd)
Thme 2: Addressing Current and Emerging Food Safety Challenges
Chair: Samuel Godefroy, INAF, U. Laval, Canada
10:30

Food Allergen Analysis: Confirming the Culprits Fingerprint

ric Marceau, Scientific Specialist, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Canada

11:00

Rapid Foodborne Pathogen Testing Methods: Always More Innovations But Still with
Limitations!
Patrice Arbault, BioAdvantage Consulting, France
Lunch Break

13:00

Novel Decontamination Approaches for Mold Toxine Management

Gerd Schatzmayr, Research Director, Biomin, Austria

13:30

Food Fraud - How can NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) be Part of the Solution?
Stefan Schwarzinger, ALNuMeD GmbH, University of Bayreuth, Germany
Health Break

15:00

Plenary Session with BNFIQ 2016

Academy-Industry Research Collaborations: Four Successful Stories
1. Steve Labrie, INAF U. Laval, Canada - Michel Pouliot, Agropur cooperative, Canada
2. Martine Laville, U. de Lyon, France - Sophie Vinoy, Mondelez International
3. Djamel Drider, ProBioGEM, U. de Lille, France Eric Auclair, Lesaffre, France
4. Fadia Nam, Cintech, Canada Genevive Arsenault, Groupe St-Hubert, Canada

16:00

Closing Remarks

Thank you to our sponsors:

PLATINUM Sponsor

MAJOR Sponsor

GOLD Sponsor

BRONZE Sponsors
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