FOOD SAFETY IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

The past decade has taught us that pathogenic microorganisms are adapting themselves to processing treatments and environmental conditions once thought to be effective in controlling their proliferation. Genetic exchange is sprouting new varieties of bacterial strains with increased abilities to cause disease. The scientific community must adopt a proactive approach, including an aggressive research agenda that seeks to determine the ecology of the food production and processing environments, as well as the basic biology of pathogenic organisms. In addition, it is crucial that we develop a well-integrated educational strategy that seeks to educate industry and consumers.Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety,

PLENARY PANEL: A 360-DEGREE VIEW OF SCIENCE AND AGRICULTURAL POLICY; EDITED TRANSCRIPT

Agricultural and Food Policy,

Salmonella Contamination of Swine Carcasses and Pork Products

This paper includes results from two separate studies: one surveyed the level of contamination at four points during the slaughter and processing of chilled pork; the second study surveyed ground pork from 17 companies representing five different segments of ground pork distribution. Regarding the carcass study, the highest percentage of Salmonella spp. isolated from the different sampling sites by a swab method, for both pork loin and ham surfaces, was 4.4% after the singeing step of the slaughter process. Overall, 1.7% of all pork samples showing positive isolations for Salmonella spp., however, there were no Salmonella spp. found in one of the three plants surveyed. Salmonella were isolated primarily from pork before fabrication and refrigerated storage. A continous reduction in the numbers of Salmonella spp. isolates was detected from the point of singeing to the point of fabrication. No Salmonella spp. were isolated from vacuumpackaged pork stored for 36 days at 2EC. The purpose of the ground pork project was to survey current sources of ground pork, and to determine the effects of different handling methods and raw material sources on the microbial quality of ground pork. There were no significant differences in the microbial counts, or prevalence of selected organisms, between the different types of companies from which the ground pork was obtained. Estimated variance among locations, samples and sample duplicates show that additional ground pork samples are needed to strengthen the results of this study

Segregated Early Weaning - Control of Food Safety Organisms

Segregated early weaning (SEW) is a production technology gaining widespread acceptance in the North American swine industry to reduce or eliminate vertical transmission for common bacterial and viral swine pathogens. Food safety concerns have been raised about a variety of zoonotic bacterial species (Salmonella, Yersinia, Campylobacter, Arcobacter and Listeria) known to colonize normal swine or to contaminate pork products. Because SEW technology functions to reduce swine pathogens it has been postulated that similar mechanisms could reduce important zoonotic bacteria at the production level. In this study we investigated the effect of SEW on the transmission of several zoonotic organisms in SEW swine and in conventional market swine. This study reports the first evaluation of SEW techniques to control zoonotic pathogens under commercial conditions

Seminario 3 Los sistemas de innovación y las cadenas de valor en el post Covid-19 Exposición de Elsa Murano, Ex subsecretaria de Agricultura y Seguridad Alimentaria de Estados Unidos

Reflexiona sobre la adopción de innovaciones tecnológicas como un hecho diferenciador en la recuperación del sector agrario en la época pos COVID-1

FOOD SAFETY IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

The past decade has taught us that pathogenic microorganisms are adapting themselves to processing treatments and environmental conditions once thought to be effective in controlling their proliferation. Genetic exchange is sprouting new varieties of bacterial strains with increased abilities to cause disease. The scientific community must adopt a proactive approach, including an aggressive research agenda that seeks to determine the ecology of the food production and processing environments, as well as the basic biology of pathogenic organisms. In addition, it is crucial that we develop a well-integrated educational strategy that seeks to educate industry and consumers

Women in International Public Leadership: Impacting Foreign Direct Investment by Reducing Corruption and Increasing Healthcare Investment

A potential solution for an economic challenge — increasing needed foreign direct investment (FDI) — is proposed using a human resource development perspective: equally investing in the development of men and women to serve in public leadership.  This cross-sectional, nonexperimental study addressed a void in the literature by examining the impact of women in public leadership on FDI through lowered perceived corruption and increased national investment in healthcare.  Structural equation modeling using a simple path model was used to test relationships between observable variables.  Results included statistically significant relationships between the number of women in public leadership and lower levels of perceived corruption, between lower levels of perceived corruption and greater national investment in healthcare, and between greater national investment in healthcare and increased FDI countries received.  Additionally, a fully mediated, indirect relationship between the number of women in public leadership and FDI countries received was statistically significant.  That is, as the number of women increased within governments, levels of perceived corruption decreased, national investment in healthcare increased, and FDI increased.  Ultimately, this study provides empirical results professionals and institutions can use to advocate for gender equitable vertically integrated human resource development, particularly within developing countries, to promote FDI and its related benefits. Keywords:  women, public leadership, corruption, foreign direct investment, healthcare

THE ROLE OF RESEARCH IN DEVELOPING FOOD SAFETY POLICY (PowerPoint Presentation)

Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety,