Industry and Government Come Together to Make Food Safer For Canadians
October 22nd, 2009 by EditorOn October 23, leaders across the Canadian food industry and government are coming together to share information and learn about emerging technologies and science, in order to produce safer food for Canadians.
The food safety symposium entitled “Enhancing Our Knowledge and Capabilities to Produce Safer Food” is the first gathering of its kind since the new Canadian Listeria policy was put into place after the lessons learned from last year’s Listeria crisis.
The symposium features presentations from Canada’s leading health and regulatory experts including Jane Billings, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Health Agency of Canada, who will discuss foodborne illness trends and public health initiatives in Canada. Dr. Brian Evans, Executive Vice President, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, (CFIA) will discuss his agency’s regulatory approach and challenges and opportunities related to implementation of the new Listeria new policy. Global experts in communication, detection and control will present the latest findings in testing and use of antimicrobials to build an effective Listeria management program, and discuss how to effectively communicate risk. The event is hosted by Maple Leaf Foods.
Symposium presenters:
Jane Billings, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Health Agency of Canada
Dr. Brian Evans, Executive Vice President, Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Dr. Kathy Glass, Associate Director, Food Research Institute, University of Wisconsin
Dr. Peter Sandman, Risk Communications Consultant
Dr. Martin Wiedmann, Associate Professor, Department of Food Science, Cornell University
Dr. Randall Huffman , Chief Food Safety Officer, Maple Leaf Foods
Iain Stewart, Senior Vice President, Transformation & Food Safety, Maple Leaf Consumer Foods
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Government should also take some immediate steps to provide proper food safety trainings for food servers and managers. Just like Swedish government has introduced a new kind of food labels which indicates if the food is rotten, FDA should also consider this for packed food items.