Food Research Institute
Microbial Sciences Building, 1550 Linden Drive
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Madison, WI 53706
Associate Director: Kathleen Glass
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Food Research Institute Microbial Sciences Building, 1550 Linden Drive University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, WI 53706 |
| phone: 608-263-7777 map to FRI at 1550 Linden Drive | |
| Director:
Charles
Czuprynski
Associate Director: Kathleen Glass |
| What's New? |
posted Oct. 2, 2009 |
updated Nov. 17, 2009 |
| Meetings: Program and speaker presentations from our recent meeting in the FRI Focus on Food Safety Series: "Developing Risk-Based Food Safety Regulations" November 12, 2009 In the News: Working with Companies to Safeguard Foods FRI Associate Director Kathleen Glass and her Applied Food Lab team are profiled to illustrate the WIsconsin Idea in action, here testing whether a group of emerging pathogenic E. coli strains can survive the pepperoni-making process. (Wisconsin Idea News) (Glass) Communications/Newsletter: Summer/Fall 2009, Vol. 21, No. 2-3 (.pdf) includes: Director's Report (Czuprynski) Meeting Summaries: 2009 FRI Annual Meeting; Food Import Safety Meeting New FRI Sponsors: Alkar-Rapid Pak, Kemin Industries, Maple Leaf Farms Briefing: White Paper on Human Illness Caused by Salmonella from all Food and Non-Food Vectors (.pdf) Epidemiology of salmonellosis, surveillance strategies, and industry initiatives to control human infection caused by Salmonella spp. are discussed. |
Announcing the next FRI Outreach
Program: FRI Better Process Cheese School Processing Controls for Shelf-Stable Pasteurized Process Cheese Product Manufacture This 2-day Better Process Cheese School is designed to cover LACF regulations as they pertain to shelf-stable process cheese manufacture. Topics include microbiology and control of Clostridium botulinum, thermal processing/pasteurization, formulation control, process instrumentation, HACCP, production and packaging controls, and records. Who should attend: This course is intended for operators, supervisors, and management in process cheese manufacturing facilities, food safety professionals and regulatory officials involved in audits or inspections, or LACF filing for process cheese products. Dates: March 2–3, 2010 Where: Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences building, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1550 Linden Dr., Madison, WI 53706 Register: (Deadline is February 10, 2010) Better Process Cheese School (register on-line): "Better Process Cheese School: Processing Controls for Shelf-Stable Pasteurized Process Cheese Product Manufacture" Registration Fee: $475.00 FRI Sponsor Discounted Fee: $300.00 University of Wisconsin or State of Wisconsin Employees: $75.00 Registration fee includes workshop materials, supplies, lunches and breaks for both days. Lodging and parking are not included. Questions? or for more information contact Kathleen Glass, FRI Associate Director, kglass@wisc.edu 608-263-6935 FRI_meetings.htm |
Fall 2009 FRI FRESH Seminar Series (Food Research & Education Seminar Highlight) Tuesdays, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., room 6201 Microbial Sciences building (MSB), UW–Madison, 1550 Linden Drive (map) If you are unable to join us in person, please register and log in for the webinar broadcasts. Upcoming Topics -- last presentation of the Fall 2009 semester: Dec. 1: “Food Safety Risks in Raw Milk,” Suzanne Gibbons-Burgener, Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Fall Semester 2009 FRESH Schedule (.pdf) FRESH_seminars.htm |