The AME Food Testing Show

Hepatitis A virus in Colorado Organic Blueberries with Dan Perlman, MD, MBA.

Dr. Perlman has been an infectious disease specialist in Colorado for about 25 years.

He is a practicing infectious disease specialist in Colorado.

He graduated from the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

He completed his residency in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

and his fellowship in infectious disease at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.

Dr. Perlman is a member of the Infectious Disease Society of America, the Colorado Medical Society,

and the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care. He is board certified by the American Board

of Internal Medicine in the subspecialty of infectious diseases.

Agenda

1. Introduction.

2. What is a viral infection in the human body?

3. How do humans contract the virus?

4. What are the symptoms?

5. Recent Hepatitis A outbreak linked to organic blueberries in Colorado.

6. What steps can producers take to screen for the virus?

7 What can consumers do to protect themselves?

8. Conclusion.

Contact:

Dr. Daniel Perlman, MD, MBA

Healthcare Innovator

Leatherhead Opens ‘DirtyLab’ For Pathogen Challenge Testing with John Haines, Leatherhead Food Research

John has 23 years’ experience working in the clinical and food sectors, with 16 years’ service at Leatherhead working on the development, optimization and evaluation of new technologies for the rapid separation, concentration and detection of analytes of importance to food safety and

quality, including foodborne bacterial pathogens, toxins, viruses, allergens and adulterated ingredients.  Technologies for separation and concentration include SPE, immunoaffinity, magnetic separation, dielectrophoresis, free flow electrophoresis and molecular imprinting; and for detection include RT-PCR, immunoassay, microarray, optical biosensors and fluorescence microscopy.

Current work includes the development of methods for the detection of antibiotic resistant bacteria (e.g. ESBL’s) and virus (HNov and surrogates) inactivation during food processing.

Agenda:

1. Introduction.

2. What is a human pathogen?

3. How do pathogens contaminate food products?

4. What are the methods to test for these pathogens?

5. Leatherhead’s new Pathogen Pilot Plant, also known as DirtyLab, mission.

6. Which processes deliberately contaminate food products with pathogens?

7. How will this investigate micro-organisms under selected processing conditions?

8. How does challenge testing in an environment which replicates a food production areas help?

9. How does the lab assist with industry best practices?

10. Conclusion.

Contact:

John Haines

Principal Scientist

Food Safety

Leatherhead Food Research

+44 1372 822347

http://www.leatherheadfood.com

Automating inspections, observations, and audits: inspectiTRAC with Jerry Van Oort and Tom Doheny.

Jerry Van Oort has over twenty five years experience in the fields of sales and marketing management, operations and general management, employee training and development management with Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 agriculture and food industry companies.

Tom Doheny is the Vice President of Information Services at Russell Associates. 

After earning his degree in Information Technology.

Tom works with many clients in his role as the Project Manager for inspectiTRAC™, a mobile inspection, observation and audit automation system.

Agenda:

1. Introduction.

2. The Food Safety Modernization Act’s new reporting requirements.

3. Issues companies face when completing food safety audits, inspections and observations?

 a. Time and Labor Required

 b. Accuracy of data collected

 c. Transferring data and accessing results

 d. Volume of paper

 e. Compliance/Regulations/Certification

4. inspectiTRAC’s computerized collection process.

5. Mobile platforms collect easy to manage database.

6. Reduce costs, errors/Increase accuracy, efficiency.

7. Helpful for Internal and External Audits

 a. Safety Equipment Inspections

 b. Quality Inspections and Audits

 c. Safety Observation

 d. Maintenance Checklists and Inspections

8. Conclusion.

Contact:

Jerry Van Oort

CEO

Russell Associates

(B) 507-665-6266 Ext 103

(C) 651-260-2028

www.intRAtrain.com

http://linkedin.com/in/jerryvanoort

Walmart China’s mobile food testing labs with Rob Chester and Benny Liu.

Rob Chester has over 20 years of retail experience, and has experience of compliance in many different countries.

He is highly recognized for his strong and decisive leadership skills, but also for getting things done through collaborating with teams across the business

He joined ASDA, Wal-Mart’s UK operation, in 2004 as Head of Risk and was responsible for a broad range of compliance issues.

Prior to this he worked for Tesco in the UK and around the world.

He started out as an hourly paid associate filling shelves and operating checkouts.

Benny Lium QA Director at Wal-Mart China.

For 10 years he has worked to improve the food safety program at Wal-Mart, China.

1. Introduction.

2. Wal-mart operations in China.

  a. How many stores?

  b. Where are they located in the country?

  c. What types of products are sold?

  d. What types of food products are offered?

3. What is the mission of the mobile food testing labs?

  a. Which products will the labs be testing?

  b. Which types of tests will be performed?

  c. Who will be performing the tests?

  d. What will the technicians do with the test results?

4. What anticipated changes/improvements will the testing program bring to Wal-mart China?

  a. Will food suppliers be more closely monitored?

  b. Will Wal-mart establish more mobile labs?

5. Conclusion.

Contact:

Rob Chester

Chief Compliance Officer

Wal-Mart's Chinese operations

Tel. 86-755-2397-3398

www.wal-martchina.com

The 1st 100 food safety interviews on The AME Food Testing Show with Andy Moreno & Karl Kolb.

Welcome Karl Kolb, PhD., Chief Science Officer of the High Sierra Group as a new host.

The High Sierra Group is one of the nation’s largest purveyor of food safety products and services.

The High Sierra Group is a composite of companies offering a wide range of accredited and acclaimed services to the food industry.

1. Introduction.

2. Biography of Andy Moreno

3. Motivation for The AME Food Testing Show.

4. The first 100 interviews

5. What were the general lessons?

6. Which food safety matter can be engaged in the near term?

 a. Pathogen detection

 b. Pathogen control

 c. Surveillance models

 d. Testing regimes

7. Conclusion

 a. How has the program changed your opinion of the food industry?

Karl Kolb Ph.D.

Chief, Science Officer

The High Sierra Group

715.723.4915 (office)

http://www.highsierragroup.com

Andy Moreno, DMc

Bacterial Pathogen Surveillance Systems Engineer

AME Certified Laboratories

559-827-8245

http://www.ame-qpcr.com

Food Production Chemical Use with Roy Zahn, Chief Technological Officer, High Sierra Chemicals

He was a Territory Manager, Ecolab Inc. His speciality included service to Hospitality & Healthcare clients. He studied at USC in Los Angeles, CA.

Agenda:

Price of Chemicals

 Understand the yield

 Less expensive products require more product

 Yield is higher with more expensive

 Not to be aggressive to seals and equipment

 Caustic to soft metals, seals, membranes

 Replacement at an accellerated rate

 Shipping costs are higher with cheaper chemicals

Selection of Quaternary Sanitizer (Disinfectant)

 Disinfectants are substances that are applied to non-living objects to destroy microorganisms that are living on the objects. 

 Food safe contact sanitizer

 Food contact chemical

 No rinsing required

 

Use of Chlorine Concentrate

 Sodium hypochlorite: Oxidizing agent

 Food grade Chlorine

 Already in a 12.5% solution

 Required rinsing

 Introduced into automated system

 Oxidation reduction system

 Measures millivolts

 2 to 3 to 4 parts per million in a wash bath

 Foaming or non-foaming for cleaning of equipment

Selection of an appropriate Degreaser

 Degreasing the contamination layer

 Follow label instructions

 Wide range of dillutions to effect yields

 Heavy duty stuck on or greasy soil or equipment

 Change dillution

Contact:

Roy T. Zahn

Chief Technological Officer

High Sierra Chemicals

Cell: 831-224-2360

715-723-4915

highsierragroup.com

Real-time detection of pathogens using customized nanoparticle biosensors with Fred Byerlein, MBA & Houng-Yau Mei, Ph.D., MBA

Mr. Beyerlein has over 30 years of extensive experience in early stage enterprise development product and market strategy, financial systems and overall business strategy. Mr. Beyerlein currently serves as the CEO of nanoRETE, Inc.; a biosensor development company focused on pathogen and toxin detection within the food safety and supply markets. Mr. Beyerlein received his MBA in Economics and Finance from Fordham University.

Dr. Mei received his Ph.D. degree from Columbia University followed by a NIH-postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California and an Executive MBA from Michigan State University. He has worked at Pfizer and Parke-Davis Pharmaceuticals, Rubicon Genomics, and Neural Intervention Technologies. Dr. Mei has over 60 patent applications, publications & abstracts..

Agenda:

1. Introduction.

2. What are human pathogens, such as anthrax, E. Coli, salmonella, tuberculosis?

3. What are the traditional methods of detection?

4. Is there a need for in-field, rapid testing results?

5. What is bio-barcode technology?

  a. Nano particle-presence/absence metal-ion

6. What advantages does multiplex testing offer?

7. What is square wave anodic stripping voltammetry (SWASV)?

8. Why is the reporting of test results within an hour advantageous?

9. What is the price of these new technologies?

10. Conclusion.

Contact:

Fred Beyerlein, BS/MBA

Chief Executive Officer

nanoRETE, Inc.

3815 Technology Blvd. #1050

Lansing, MI  48910

517.336.4680

http://www.nanorete.com

Negative Salmonella for Mexican Cucumbers Reported by USFDA with Jesus Aceves is the Director General of Enviro Tech LA, S.A. de C.V.

Jesus Aceves is the Director General of Enviro Tech LA, S.A. de C.V.

Has earned his degrees in engineering and biochemistry at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey. He is active in food safety in the produce sector in Northern Mexico. He was a Biotecnology Branch Manager at ProAqua México - Proveedora de Insumos Acuicolas, S.A. de C.V.  He has certifications on HAZARD ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL CONTROL POINTS (HACCP) from NOAA, USDA National Training Branch.

See: http://www.fda.gov/Food/RecallsOutbreaksEmergencies/Outbreaks/ucm349461.htm?goback=%2Egde_1393897_member_239569966

Agenda:

1. Introduction.

2. What is a food borne pathogen?

3. What is the Salmonella organism?

4. How do humans react to this organism?

5. The recent US FDA Salmonella warning about Mexican cucumbers.

6. What were the vendor actions taken in Mexico to investigate these claims?

7. What was the final conclusion of these studies?

8. How did the US FDA report these results?

9. What is the optimum food safety approach to protect the public from Salmonella?

10. Conclusion.

Contact:

Jesus Aceves

Director General

Enviro Tech LA, S.A. de C.V.

Mazatlan, Sinaloa

Cel. (52)+1 669 912 0119

Of. (52) 669 118 0707

E-mail. [email protected] 

Skype. J.aceves

www.envirotechla.com

Conjugating Antibodies Antigens to Dots to Detect Food Pathogens in Seconds with Dan Forte

Dan's 30 year career has focused on sales, marketing and business management.

He has worked for a variety of firms in multiple industries including consumer goods, food products, real estate development, electronics, software, chemicals, commodities, oil refining, defense and now the nanotechnology field.

Over the last two decades his expertise has been applied to international sales and marketing projects in Brazil, Mexico, Mainland China, Japan, South Korea and the Middle East North Africa.

He has assisted US firms to gain market entry. 

He is an appointee by the Secretary of Commerce to the District Export Trade Council.

He participates and lectures on innovation and foreign trade at various academic institutions

His present mission is to build and manage his scientific and business team and focus everyone on the rapid commercialization of the nanotechnology products manufactured by the Quantum Technology Group.

Agenda:

1. Introduction.

2. What are food pathogens?

3. How are they detected now by food production facilities?

4. What are the challenges with these methods?

5. What is needed in food testing?

6. What is the ZnSe platform?

7. How could conjugating antibodies antigens to dots technology help food production?

8. What will the technology bring to the food testing market?

9. When is the anticipated market release date?

10. Conclusion.

Contact:

Daniel Forte

CEO, Founder

Quantum Technology Group

Woburn, MA

781.569.5060

http://qtech-group.com

Soylent: A new food source with Rob Rhinehart, Project Soylent.

Rob is an electrical engineer from Georgia working for a wireless communications start up in San Francisco.

Frustrated with his poor options for food he set out to create a more efficient option.

He is 24.

He has authored "How I Stopped Eating Food" and Mostly Harmless on the Internet.

Interested persons can sign up at soylent.me.

Volunteer forms are at: https://soylent.wufoo.com/forms/soylent-trial-1/

Agenda:

1.       Introduction.

2.       What are the challenges with today’s food sources?

3.       How can these challenges be addressed by food producers?

4.       What benefits could optimal food offer?

5.       What form would ideal food take?

6.       Research and develop steps for Soylent.

7.       Product description of Soylent.

8.       Marketing plans for Soylent.

9.       Conclusion.

Contact:

Rob Rhinehart

http://www.soylent.me/

http://robrhinehart.com/?p=424