The US Department of Agriculture Food Safety Inspection Service, NSF
International invite food safety education professionals to join them at a
3-day conference, "Reaching At-Risk Audiences and Today's Other Food
Safety Challenges," at the Adam's Mark Hotel in Denver, Colorado,
September 27-29, 2006.
The conference will provide an excellent opportunity for presenting and
sharing projects through plenary, breakout, and poster sessions.
Pre-conference workshops will be held on September 25 and 26;
post-conference tours on September 29. Additional conference sponsors
include: Food and Drug Administration; Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention; USDA's Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension
Service; and NSF/WHO Collaborating Center for Food Safety.
The conference will be organized around five primary themes:
· Foodborne Illness Surveillance and Epidemiological Insights
· Food Safety Behavioral and Attitudinal Research
· Social Marketing, Educational Interventions, and Program Research
· Role of Foodservice and Food Industries, and
· New Technologies
Conference goals:
· To share current surveillance and epidemiological data on foodborne
illness
· To present strategies leading to enhanced food safety knowledge, skills,
and abilities and in attitudinal and behavioral modification in general
and at-risk populations
· To communicate the latest science-based safe food handling principles
and practices
Target audience:
· Public health professionals, medical personnel, and health care
providers
· Food safety education professionals, researchers, consultants, and
dietitians
· Cooperative Extension, food service, health department, and freelance
educators
· Trade and health associations, and consumer groups
· Sanitarians and quality control professionals
· Food safety marketers and communicators
· Science writers, health care journalists, and other media professionals
There is a call for abstracts. The submission due date is February 17,
2006.
For more information, visit http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Denver2006 or send an
e-mail inquiry to: Denver2006@nsf.org
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Pamela Tom
University of California
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