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Complimentary Virtual Event

December 5, 2019 | 1:00 PM - 4:05 PM EDT

Pathogens: Getting to the Source, Prevention Strategies that Work

Pathogenic contamination is one of the top reasons for a food recall. This web seminar will educate food safety professionals about the strategies they can employ to better prevent the incidence and spread of pathogens in their facilities. A look at plant design and lessons learned will be discussed as well.

A Q&A with the speaker will follow each session.

Learning Objectives:

During this web seminar, attendees will learn about:

Insights on sources of contamination: Common, unusual and emerging
Smarter facility design to prevent contamination, from managing and controlling work areas to adequate temperature and moisture control
Pest management strategies
Technologies that help food manufacturers be more proactive in mitigating risk
Managing/controlling work areas & employee separation + employee hygiene and equipment/machines that can be properly/adequately cleaned
Temperature and moisture control

Who Should Attend:

Professionals within the following job functions should attend:

Quality assurance/quality control
Sanitation
Risk manager
Food safety compliance
Food laboratory

AGENDA

1:00 pm Welcome & Introduction
Maria Fontanazza, Editor-in-Chief, Food Safety Tech

1:05 pm Pathogen Contamination: Common sources as well as unusual and emerging areas of concern
Larry Cohen, Principal Microbiologist, Food Safety Department, TreeHouse Foods, Inc.

1:40 pm Rapid Methods for Cleaning Verification - Technology Spotlight: MilliporeSigma
Luis Costa, Field Marketing Manager for Latin America, MilliporeSigma

1:50 pm Q&A

2:05 pm Smarter Facility Design - Operational Hygiene
David Pirrung, Owner, DCP Consulting

2:40 pm Technology Spotlight: Merck
Andreas Bubert, Ph.D., Sr. Product Manager Culture Media Food& Beverage, Merck KGaA

2:50 pm Q&A

3:05 pm Lessons Learned and Prevention Strategies
Dave Evanson, Technical Consultant, Merieux NutriSciences

3:40 pm How Technology Can Reduce Pest-Related Food Safety Risk - Technology Spotlight: Bayer
Peter Jardine, Head of Marketing & Strategy, Bayer Digital Pest Management

3:55 pm Q&A

Speakers

Larry Cohen
Principal Microbiologist - Food Safety Dept.
TreeHouse Foods, Inc.

Larry is Principal Microbiologist - Corporate Good Safety Department, and has successful, high-capacity business leadership experience in food safety, quality, scientific and regulatory affairs for 4 global food companies. Larry’s specialties include: Food Safety, QA, & regulatory risk assessment; HACCP & Preventive controls; Spoilage & Pathogen Controls/Test Methods/Process Validations/Challenge Studies/Extended Run Validations; Organic Handling Plans; Microwave Instruction Validation; Crisis Management; Emerging Food Supply Issues; Public Health; Food Defense; Emergency Preparedness Plans. Larry possess a strong organizational and leadership capabilities, and have successfully coordinated multi-faceted activities across diverse food categories. Larry has 38 years of experience in Corporate Food Safety & Microbiology; Corporate Quality; Research & Development; Supplier & Comanufacturer Quality Auditing; Plant Operations and Quality. Larry has a BS in Bacteriology and Masters Degree in Food Science.

David Pirrung
Owner
DCP Consulting

David Pirrung, Owner, DCP Consulting

Dave Pirrung is presently the owner of DCP Consulting, which specializes in food manufacturing hygiene. He has global leadership experience in sanitation and hygiene with fortune 500 food companies. His expertise is in food safety, cleaning and sanitation, pest control, hygienic design, environmental monitoring, mitigation techniques, HACCP, TQM, Process design, USDA, FDA, and PMO compliance.

Luis Costa
Field Marketing Manager for Latin America
MilliporeSigma

Luis Costa is Field Marketing Manager for Latin America with MilliporeSigma. He is a Chemical Engineer with 25 years of experience in food production and quality assurance in food plants. Precious to joining MilliporeSigma, Costa has held positions as chocolate production manager at Nestlé Chocolates Brazil; a Laboratory Quality Assurance and Ethanol Fermentation Research at Usina Ester ( 4thbiggest Sugar and Alcohol company in Brasil); and the Mercosur Sales and Marketing Manager for IDEXX Laboratories Inc. Costa is a Specialist in microbiology working since 1994 with alternative methods of microbiology in food and water such as chromogenic/fluorogenic substrate technology, multiple enzyme technology, inmunodifusion technology, ELISA technic. Real time PCR and ATP bioluminescence. Costa hold an MBA in Business Management and Marketing by FGV Business School Foundation with extension at Ohio University.

Dave Evanson
Technical Consultant
Merieux NutriSciences

Dave Evanson is a technical services consultant for Mérieux NutriSciences. He previously served as the corporate vice president of quality at the company, overseeing a global network of 73 ISO 17025 accredited laboratories in 18 countries. Principle responsibilities encompassed laboratory operations including quality systems, laboratory processes, advanced testing technologies and LIMS. During his tenure, Evanson led the company’s selection of new laboratory sites, developed innovative laboratory designs, and oversaw numerous renovations. An experienced educator he has developed and instructed numerous educational programs, courses, workshops and webinars related to principles of food microbiology, good laboratory practices, quality systems, environmental monitoring and method validation. Evanson has consulted in a variety of food industry segments related to food safety including system pre-assessment, microbial risk assessment, environmental monitoring, food contamination and spoilage investigations, due diligence and process validation support. In the mid-1990’s, Evanson assisted the Food Laboratory Accreditation Working Group (FLAWG) in the development of groundbreaking accreditation criteria for U.S. food testing laboratories. Under his leadership, Silliker, in 1998, became the first network of laboratories nationwide to be accredited to ISO Guide 25 (subsequently becoming ISO 17025) and has since been involved with hundreds of assessments, including international events. Evanson holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Illinois (Chicago), a Master’s in Microbiology from the Illinois Institute of Technology, a MBA from the Keller Graduate School of Management and is a Certified Food Scientist with IFT.

Andreas Bubert, Ph.D.
Sr. Product Manager Culture Media Food & Beverage
Merck KGaA

Andreas Bubert, Senior Product Manager Culture Media Food & Beverage, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. Bubert has a Ph.D. in molecular microbiology and over 20 years’ experience in the food and beverage industry at Merck KGaA. He is a member of AOAC RI Advisory Council, German VAAM and has authored over 40 publications.

Peter Jardine
Head of Marketing & Strategy
Bayer Digital Pest Management

In his career, Peter has focused on differentiating brands and creating new products and services. He has launched 20 new products and services in numerous market segments. Peter gained pest management experience when he joined Orkin Pest Control as the Sr. Director of Strategy and Innovation. He joined Bayer in 2011 in the role of Global Market Segment Manager where he created a customer centric focus for Bayer called “Day in the Life.” This program sought to truly understand customer needs and meet them with new product offerings via outcome driven innovation. Leveraging his passion and experience, Peter is one of the cofounders of a startup venture at Bayer which ultimately became the Digital Pest Management business which launched in 2017.

Maria Fontanazza
Editor-in-Chief
Food Safety Tech

Maria has more than 15 years of experience in journalism, marketing and communications. She was previously marketing communications manager and market research manager at Secant Medical, Inc., a manufacturer of biomedical textiles and advanced biomaterials. Maria also served as an editor at MD+DI and has authored articles that have appeared in domestic and international industry publications. She has a B.A. in Journalism and Mass Communications with a concentration in New Media and Visual Design, and a Minor in Fine Arts, from St. Michael’s College in Colchester, VT.

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