Monday | July 28, 2025 |
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8:30 – 10:00 am | Roundtable Session 3: Defining a Food Safety Data Standard |
| Joe Heinzelman (Neogen®), Angela Anandappa (Alliance for Advanced Sanitation), Melissa Calicchia (Food Microbiological Laboratories, Inc), Mark Carter (MC squared), William Melnyczenko (Merieux NutriSciences-Silliker Labs), Hannes Pouseele (BioMérieux), Robert Salter (Charm Sciences) | |
10:45 – 12:15 pm | Roundtable Session 5: Listeria Control in Ready-to-Eat Foods: Addressing the Continued Challenge |
| Peggy Cook (Neogen), Sharon Beals (BeaconPoint Labs), Denise Eblen (USDA/FSIS), Gabriela Lopez-Velasco (Neogen), Martin Wiedmann (Cornell University) | |
1:30 – 3:00 pm | Roundtable Session 7: Decoding Food Allergen Methods: Why, When, and How to Implement Analysis |
| Melanie Downs (FARRP), Jodi Nickerson (Eurofins), Laura Alred (Gluten Intolerance Group), Markus Lacorn (R-Biopharm), Gabriela Lopez Velasco (Neogen), Simon Flanagan (Mondelez International), Jasmine Lacis-Lee (BVA and The Allergen Bureau) |
Tuesday | July 29, 2025 |
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8:30 – 10:00 am | Symposium S26: Harmonization for Commercial Sterility Testing |
| Jesse Miller (Bio-Rad), Haiping Li (USDA AMS), Anett Winkler (Cargill), Adrianne Klijn (Nestlé SA), Frederic Martinez (Neogen) | |
10:45 – 12:15 pm | Symposium S30: Navigating the Path: Dietary Supplements in the Food Safety Regulatory Landscape |
| Preetha Biswas (Neogen), Haijing Hu (FDA), Carolyn Montei (Neogen), Mike Lowenstein (Q Laboratories) | |
1:30 – 3:00 pm | Symposium S34: Surfaces, the Microbiome and Foodborne Pathogens – How the Background Microbiome Influences Pathogen Detection |
| Mary Gadola (Neogen), Jesse Miller (Bio-Rad), Byron Chaves (University of Nebraska-Lincoln), Jasna Kovac (The Pennsylvania State University), Abigail Snyder (Cornell University), Narjoi Gonzalez-Escalona (FDA/CFSAN/ORS/DMMB) | |
1:30 – 3:00 pm | Symposium S35: Genomic Testing and Its Role in Food Safety Assurance |
| Purnendu Vasavada (Univ of Wisconsin), Robert Ferguson (Food Safety Magazine), Eric Brown (FDA-Human Foods Program), Jo Williams- Newkirk (US CDC), Preetha Biswas (Neogen), Anett Winkler (Cargill), John Donaghy (Nestlé SPN) |
Wednesday | July 30, 2025 |
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8:30 – 10:00 am | Symposium S45: Tracking Sampling and Testing Strategies during Live Production and Pre-Harvest for Salmonella Reduction |
| Preetha Biswas (Neogen), Peggy Cook (Neogen), Nikki Shariat (University of Georgia), Jessie Vipham (Kansas State University), Anna Carlson (Cargill RD) |
IAFP 2025 Scientific Posters
- A Rapid Method to Detect Slow-Growing Molds in Yoghurt
Author: Xianming Zhao - A Novel LAMP-Based Quantitative Salmonella Assay for Poultry Carcass Rinse
Author: Lei Zhang - Performance of a Single-Shift Salmonella Quantification in Ground Poultry Meat Using Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification and Bioluminescence
Author: Gabriela Lopez Velasco - Evaluation of Performance of the Neogen® Molecular Detection Assay 2—Listeria monocytogenes as an Alternative Method to Analyze Egg Products With a Next Day Result Compared to ISO 11290-1:2017
Author: Gabriela Lopez Velasco - Evaluation of Performance of the Neogen® Molecular Detection Assay 2—Salmonella as a Method to Analyze 375 g Test Portions of Egg Products With a Next Day Result Compared to USDA, FSIS MLG 4.14
Author: Gabriela Lopez Velasco - Application of a High Affinity Photoreactive DNA Binding Dye to Prevent Interference From Dead Cell DNA During Cronobacter Detection During Molecular Detection
Author: Gabriela Lopez Velasco - Detection of Bacillus cereus sensu lato Group From a Broad Range of Foods Using a Novel Dry-Film Enumeration Method
Author: Christina Barnes - Rapid Detection of Salmonella spp. Using the Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Assay—Bioluminescent in Bovine Blood Flour From Three Regions of Brazil
Author: Vanessa Tsuhako - Rapid Method Evaluation of RTE and RTC Quick-Frozen Foods in 5-Year Study
Authors: Lijie Sun, Qingrui Zhu, Yan Huang, and Jianguang Zhang - Performance Evaluation of Gliadin R5 ELISA Kit in Processed Snacks
Authors: Fangzhou Yuan and Yan Huang - Rapid Detection of Aflatoxin M1 in Goat Milk Products Based on ELISA Method
Authors: Fangzhou Yuan and Yan Huang - Performance Evaluation of Sponge Stick With Neutralizing Buffer
Authors: Qingrui Zhu and Yan Huang