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Food Research Institute logo Food Research Institute
Department of Food Microbiology and Toxicology
University of Wisconsin–Madison
1925 Willow Dr.
Madison, WI 53706
phone: 608-263-7777      fax: 608-263-1114      email: mwpariza@wisc.edu
Director, Food Research Institute: Michael W. Pariza
Chair, Dept. Food Microbiology & Toxicology: Amy C. L. Wong
What's New?
January 4, 2007
 Announcement:  Spring 2007 FRESH (Food Research & Education Seminar Highlight) Seminar Series

Spring Semester 2007 Schedule (.pdf) from the Food Research Institute, Dept. Food Microbiology & Toxicology
Tuesdays [note new day of the week], 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Spring 2007 at the Food Research Institute, UW–Madison, 1925 Willow Drive
 Topics to be presented include:

1/23: “Wireless Communications in a Sand-clogging Bacterial Pathogen” Tzu-Pi Huang, FRI, Dr. Amy Wong’s lab, FRI, UW-Madison
2/6: “Life in Acid and Food Safety” Dr. Kai (Billy) Hung, Dr. Charles Kaspar’s lab, FRI, UW-Madison
2/20: “Supplying Pathogen-free Healthy Potatoes to the U.S.” Dr. Amy Charkowski, Assistant Professor, Dept. Plant Pathology, UW-Madison
3/6: “Parasites and Food Safety” Dr. Laura Knoll, Assistant Professor, Dept. Medical Microbiology & Immunology, UW-Madison
3/20: “Food Defense” Gary L. Pruitt, Sr. Food Safety Principal, Sargento Foods, Inc.
4/10: “Nitrite and Nitrate Safety as Food Ingredients” Dr. Andy Milkowski, Adjunct Professor, Dept. Animal Sciences, UW-Madison
4/24: “Can Chicken Antibodies Replace Antibiotics as Growth Stimulants?” Dr. Mark Cook, Professor, Dept. Animal Sciences, UW-Madison
5/8: “Update on Microbial Sciences Building (MSB)” Dr. Amy Wong and Jean Johnson, FRI, UW-Madison
December 15, 2006
 Briefing: Human Illness and E. coli O157:H7  (.pdf)

Epidemiological studies have indicated that fewer than 40 cells can cause illness in some people. This brief summarizes historical and epidemiological data on outbreaks of human illness caused by E. coli O157:H7 and current surveillance strategies, regulations and industry initiatives.
December 12, 2006
 Summary of the recent FRI Focus on Food Safety Series Meeting: “Trends, Concerns, and Solutions for Natural and Organic Food Safety”, held November 14, 2006. Contact Ron Weiss (rweiss1@wisc.edu) with questions about the symposium.
October 11, 2006
 Communications/Newsletter: Fall 2006, Vol. 18, No. 3 (.pdf)

includes Summary of FRI Focus on Food Safety Series Meeting: Nanotechnology Applications in Food, Food Processing and Food Packaging ("Perspectives")
Sept 18, 2006
 Research: Nanotechnology in Food-related Applications  [complilation of current published scientific literature ]
Sept 5, 2006
 Bact/Food Sci 325: Food Bacteriology, Fall 2006 — Class schedule, Instructor (C. W. Kaspar) info, additional web reference sites
June 27, 2006
 Briefing: Nanotechnology (.pdf) [literature review, providing background and summarzing published research, prepared to accompany the FRI Food Safety Series meeting "Nanotechnology Applications in Food, Food Processing and Food Packaging," held June 13-14, 2006, Madison, Wis. ]

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