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Upcoming Events/Trainings

January 15, 2025: Testing Spent Sprout Irrigation Water (or In-Process Sprouts) for 𝘌. 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘪 O157:H7 and 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢: Meeting the Requirements of the Produce Safety Rule.
April 29-30, 2025: Innovations in Cleaning and Sanitation for Low Moisture Food – Arden Hills, MN.  The conference will focus on innovations in cleaning and sanitation of environments producing low moisture foods.  Draft Program (PDF), Register, Sponsorship Opportunities (PDF)
May 12-15, 2025: Food Safety Summit – Rosemont, IL.
May 19-21, 2025: 7th IFSH High-Throughput Sequencing (HTS) & Workshop: Register Symposium, Symposium Agenda (PDF), Register Workshop, Workshop Agenda (PDF)
July 13-16, 2025: IFT First Annual Event and Expo – Rosemont, IL.
July 27-29, 2025: IAFP 2025 Annual Meeting – Cleveland, OH.
August 23-28, 2025: AOAC Annual Meeting – San Diego, CA.
September 8-10, 2025: IFSH Annual Meeting / Task Force Meetings – Rosemont, IL.
November 18-19, 2025: FSPCA Annual Meeting – Greater Chicagoland Area TBD.

TBD

Past Events/Trainings

September 3-5, 2024: IFSH Annual Meeting / Task Force Meetings – Rosemont, IL.

NCFST Platform Updates
Processing, Jason Wan (683.44 KB)
Microbiology, Elizabeth Grasso-Kelley (570.1 KB)
Food Chemistry & Packaging, Lauren Jackson (1.1 MB)
Proficiency Testing & Method Validation Research, Ravinder Reddy (622.58 KB)
Nutrition, Indika Edirisinghe (2.21 MB)
Task Force Updates
Low Moisture Foods, Nate Anderson (406.04 KB)
Sprouts, Tong-Jen Fu (296.99 KB)
Juice & Beverage, Alvin Lee (179.08 KB)
HTS Initiative, Behzad Imanian (2.35 MB)

Other Conference Presentations 

SAC Updates, John Budin (289.57 KB)
FSPCA Updates, Jason Wan (2.34 MB)
Industry Keynote – Making of a Pathogen: Evolution and Development of Pathogenesis, Purnendu Vasavada, Professor Emeritus for Fo (3.24 MB)

Contaminants: Chemistry/Packaging – PFAS Contamination in the Environment, David Lampert, Illinois Tech

MicroOmics, Eric Brown, FDA (7.22 MB)

October 22 (10 am PT, 11 am MT, noon CT, 1pm ET): Webinar on Microplastics and Nanoplastics with Scott Coffin, Ph.D. and Timothy Duncan, Ph.D.

November 9, 2023: IFSH Executive Advisory Board (EAB) Meeting - IFSH, Moffett Campus
October 19-20, 2023: FSPCA Executive Advisory Board (EAB) Meeting – IFSH, Moffett Campus
October 17-18, 2023: The FSPCA Annual Conference (in-person) - Burr Ridge, IL. 
September 14, 2023: IFSH/FRI Annual Meeting, Data Sharing Symposium – Rosemont, IL 
September 11-13, 2023: IFSH Annual Meeting / Task Force Meetings – Rosemont, IL
August 25-30, 2023: Association of Official Analytical Collaboration (AOAC), (Exhibit Booth) – New Orleans, LA 
July 16-19, 2023: International Association for Food Protection (IAFP), (Exhibit Booth) - Toronto, Canada 
July 16-19, 2023: IFT (shared exhibit booth w/ FDSN) – Chicago, IL
May 31-June 1, 2023: High Throughput Sequencing Symposium (in-person) – Burr Ridge, IL
May 8-11, 2023: Food Safety Summit (Exhibit Booth) - Rosemont, IL
April 19-20, 2023: FSPCA Executive Advisory Board (EAB) Meeting - IFSH, Moffett Campus 
April 13, 2023: IFSH Executive Advisory Board (EAB) Meeting - IFSH, Moffett Campus
April 12, 2023: Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) Meeting - IFSH, Moffett Campus
April 12, 2023: 35th Anniversary/ Darsh Wasan Celebration – IFSH, Moffett Campus 
April 5, 2023: Participated in the 1st Food Career Fair, held at IL Tech, Mies Campus

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