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Produce Safety Webinar Series is BACK
The CONTACT Team is delighted to bring Season 2 of the Produce Safety Webinar Series, premiering with "Human Enteric Virus Contamination of Soft Fruits: Management of Risk in the Face of Uncertainty," on September 15 at 3:30 pm Eastern.
This webinar will feature renowned food virologist, Dr. Lee-Ann Jaykus, who will discuss her engagement with the berry industry as it seeks to manage the potential for hepatitis A virus and human norovirus contamination of fresh and frozen product. The potential for foods to serve as a vehicle of infection with human enteric viruses is now well accepted. However, this group of non-cultivable human pathogens presents unique challenges as the industry struggles to understand how and where contamination occurs; how contamination might be prevented and/or controlled; the nuances associated with testing along the supply chain; and interpretation of results from the standpoint of public health risk. Dr. Jaykus will address these issues, and discuss steps that industry might undertake to minimize the chance of virus contamination in fresh and frozen berries, and manage safety in light of recent advances to detection methods. We are thrilled Dr. Jaykus will help us at CONTACT kick off our second season of the Produce Safety Webinar Series. As a reminder: Each webinar will consist of a one-hour presentation/panel followed by 30 min of interactive Q&A. Please join us - all welcome!
This webinar is free and will be held via Zoom. Registration is required. Produce safety industry, government, and academia are encouraged to come. All are invited!
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