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XVI WORKSHOP on RAPID METHODS AND AUTOMATION IN FOOD MICROBIOLOGY (MRAMA)

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain, November 21-24, 2017

Designed for: directors and technicians of industries, consultancies and laboratories of food and feed, and other sectors (microbiological, biotechnological, clinical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, chemical, environmental, etc.); inspectors and other administration staff; university teachers and technical staff, graduate and postgraduate students; people from other research centres; etc.

Updated and detailed information: http://jornades.uab.cat/workshopmrama/en

Lecturers and lectures:

• Dr. José Juan Rodríguez Jerez (UAB): "Overview on rapid methods, automation and miniaturization in microbiology"
• Dr. Armand Sánchez Bonastre (UAB): "Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and massive genome sequencing applied to food safety"
• Ms. Rosella Brozzi (EFSA, Parma, Italy): "Assessment of feed additives produced from or containing microorganisms. Tackling antimicrobial resistance risks"
• Mr. Joan Roquet-Jalmar Pàmies (Kellogg Manufacturing España, Valls, Spain): "Implementation of a cleaning verification system based on bioluminiscence"
• Mr. Pascal Monzó Martos (Productos Florida, Vila-real, Spain): "Campylobacter and Salmonella: two intruders in poultry products"
• Ms. Ana Torres Rubio (Florette Ibérica, Milagro, Spain): "Microbiological control in packaged ready-to-eat fresh vegetables. Sampling, criteria, trends"
• Mr. Armando Marín Martínez (Eurofins Análisis Alimentario Nordeste, Tudela, Spain): "Microbiological control in ready-to-eat meals. Legislation, risks, methods"
• Dr. Seppo Ilmari Niemela (University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland): "Uncertainty of measurement of microbiological counts"
• Mr. Xavier Lizana Alcazo (ACONSA, Sant Joan Despí, Spain): "A tool for food hygiene audits management"

3-day laboratory sessions:

• sample preparation and plating
• rapid viable cell count methods
• environmental control
• chromogenic culture media
• miniaturization
• diagnostic kits
• methods based on ATP – bioluminescence, colorimetry, others
• immunological detection methods (latex agglutination, immunoprecipitation, lateral immunomigration)

Demonstrations:

• Microbiological risks in HACCP systems? At last, identify them properly at your company! (Imagining Management Systems)
• Food fraud in certification schemes. A new challenge for industries (SGS ICS Ibérica)
• Use of internet for applications of predictive microbiology (Barcelona Public Health Agency)
• Mycotoxins, a hidden threat. Rapid methods of detection (Bioser – Romer Labs Diagnostic)

And also:

• 2 open discussions (The day-to-day of microbiological control in the industry / Instrumentation in food microbiology, world trade trends, other current topics)
• Exhibition from 11 microbiology companies: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Bioser, BioSystems, iMiCROQ, Interscience, Merck, MicroPlanet Laboratorios, Neogen Europe, Nirco, Thermo Fisher Diagnostics, Tiselab