The Guelph Food Safety Seminar Series (GFSSS) 

The Guelph Food Safety Seminar Series (GFSSS) is a forum for communicating various food safety issues and topics among government, academia and industry. Monthly seminars and an annual symposium are held from September to June. GFSSS is sponsored and coordinated through the collaboration of the following public and non-for-profit agencies (in alphabetical order):

• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
• Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors (CIPHI - Ontario Branch)
• Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety (CRIFS), University of Guelph
• Food Safety Network (FSN), University of Guelph  
• Guelph Food Technology Centre (GFTC)
• Health Canada (HC)
• Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs (OMAFRA)
• Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)

June 11:  Fast microbial cell identification by electro-optical technique 

Dr. Victor Bunin
The Russian Academy of Sciences
For presentation abstract and speaker biography, click here.

June 9:  Current Practices in Food Safety Training in the Canadian Grocery Industry

Beth Driscoll
Senior Project Manager, Guelph Food Technology Centre
For presentation abstract and speaker biography, click here.

May 12:  A Structural Approach to Defining the Ontario Retail Food Safety Policy Community

Dr. Andrew Papadopoulos

Associate Professor, Department of Population Medicine and

Co-coordinator, Master of Public Health

University of Guelph
For presentation abstract and speaker biography, click here.

March 11:  Utilisation of Emerging Technologies for Safe Processing of Foods
Dr. Markus Walkling-Ribeiro
Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, University of Guelph
For presentation abstract and speaker biography, click here. 

February 10:  Mycotoxins in food safety and their control strategies
Dr. Ting Zhou
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Guelph Food Research Centre
For presentation abstract and speaker biography, click here.

Jan 13:  Prioritization of Microbial Risks in Foods using Multi-criteria Decision Analysis Tools
Dr. Valerie J. Davidson,
NSERC/RIM Chair for Women in Science and Engineering
Professor, School of Engineering, University of Guelph
For presentation abstract, click here.

November 10: Electrokinetic micorfluidics and lab-on-a-chip devices
Prof. Dongqing Li
Canada Research Chair in Microfuidics and Nanofuidics,
Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineerings, University of Waterloo

September 16:  Control measures for Listeria in ready-to-eat (RTE) meat products produced in federally registered establishments
Dr. Surinder Saini
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
For presentation abstract and speaker biography, click here.

October 22:  Annual Symposium:
Outbreaks: Learning from the Past, Preparing for the Future

For available presentation/abstract click hyperlinks of presentation titles. For speaker biographies  click hyperlink of speaker name (links coming soon).

1. An Investigation into a Foodborne Outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 Associated with a Restaurant in North Bay, Ontario
Mike Duncan and Louise Gagne, North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit

2. Pathogen Control Best Practices in Food Plants
Ruby M Lee, Guelph Food Technology Centre

3. Multi-Jurisdictional Outbreak Investigations: Challenges and Lessons Learned
James Flint, Senior Epidemiologist, Outbreak Management Division, Centre for Food-borne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Public Health Agency of Canada

4. Safe Food Packaging
Carol Zweep, Guelph Food Technology Centre

5. The Ontario Multi-Agency Foodborne Outbreak/ Food Recall Working Group. 
Louise Sharpe, Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Yvonne Whitfield, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

6. Food Safety Culture: A Necessary Prerequisite for the Production of Safe Food
Randy Huffman, Maple Leaf Foods