Monday | July 27, 2026 |
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1:30 – 3:00 pm | RT11: Every Drop Counts: Advancing Safe Water Reuse in Dairy and Food Processing |
| Organizer and Moderator: Preetha Biswas (Neogen Corporation) Panelists: Brendan Higgins (Auburn University), Raquel Medeiros (Nestlé), Chantal Nde (PepsiCo, Frito-Lay), Allen Sayler (Center for Food Safety & Regulatory Solutions), Anett Winkler (Cargill) | |
1:30 – 3:00 pm | S11: Culture or Molecular? Rethinking When and Why We Confirm Pathogens |
| Organizer and Convenors: Jesse Miller (Neogen Corporation), Season (Yicheng) Xie (Bio-Rad Laboratories), Pamela Wilger (Post Consumer Brands) Panelists: Rachel Binet (U.S. Food and Drug Administration), Robert Barlow (CSIRO), Amy Bosco (Cargill) |
Tuesday | July 28, 2026 |
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| 10:45 am – 12:15 pm Room 228–230 | S30: A Food Safety Data Standard: Update and Report |
| Organizer and Convenor: Angela Anandappa (Alliance for Advanced Sanitation) Panelists: Donald Mayer (Neogen Corporation), James Doyle (Creme Global), Vikrant Dutta (BioMerieux Inc.) | |
1:30 – 1:45 pm | TS7: Validation of the Neogen® Molecular Detection Assay 2 for the Detection of Salmonella, E. coli O157, Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia coli from Raw Beef and Raw Pork Sampling Cloths, and Raw Chicken Parts and Raw Turkey Carcass Sampling Mitts |
| Organizer and Speaker: Quynh Le (Neogen Corporation) |
Wednesday | July 29, 2026 |
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10:45 am – 12:15 pm | R27: We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Culture: We Need a New Gold Standard for Confirmations!
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| Organizers: David Legan (Eurofins), Nisha Corrigan (Hygiena), Erin Crowley (Neogen Corporation) Roundtable Moderators: Christopher Crowe (Eurofins), Julie Weller (Hygiena) Panelists: Daniele Sohier (Hygiena), Jerome Combrisson (Mars), Catharine Carlin (IEH Laboratories & Consulting Group), Laura Bleichner (Gold Standard Diagnostics), Joelle Salazar (U.S. Food and Drug Administration), Shawn Stevens (Food Industry Counsel, LLC) |
IAFP 2026 Scientific Posters
- Performance Evaluation of the Neogen® Reveal® Q+ MAX for Zearalenone Test Kit
Author: Jennie Orantes - Performance of a Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method to Screen Most- Probable Number of Tubes for Enumeration of Salmonella in Poultry Matrices
Author: Gabriela Lopez Velasco - Advancing Salmonella Detection: Performance Evaluation of QRED Enrichment Media
Author: Tina Caskey - Impact of Sanitizer Residues on the Performance of Listeria Right Now™ Rapid Detection Assay
Authors: Lei Zhang and Preetha Biswas - Novel Listeria spp. Detection Method for Effective Environmental Monitoring Program
Authors: Lei Zhang and Preetha Biswas - Automated Liquid Handling System Precision Transference Evaluation through a Pathogen Molecular Detection Assay
Author: Vanessa Tsuhako - Evaluation of Microorganism Recovery Using an Alternative Manual Sampling Swab Device in Comparison with N60 Sampling for Boxed Beef Cuts in Brazilian Beef Industry
Author: Georgia Barros - Assessment of Extended Sample Holding Time Impact for Mesophilic Bacteria Quantification in Beef Carcass
Author: Georgia Barros - Rapid Detection of Salmonella spp. Using the Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Assay – Bioluminescent in Primary Production Boot Socks and Boot Socks with High Amount of Lime Powder Collected from Brazilian Farms
Author: Vanessa Tsuhako - Rapid Detection of Milk Allergens by Lateral Flow Immunoassay in Dairy Ingredients
Author: Tim Yuan - Verification of Rapid Microbial Methods for Commercial Sterility of Dairy and Alternative Drink Products with Identification of Changes in Metabolic Activities from Heat-Resistant Spore-Forming Bacteria
Author: Jedsadaporn Nuchaikaew - Evaluation of Neogen® Microbial Luminescence System (MLS) for Reduced Running Time Using a Modified Protocol in Rapid Sterility Testing of Plant-Based UHT Products
Author: Jedsadaporn Nuchaikaew - Evaluation of Rapid Technology to Enumerate Yeast and Molds on Dairy-Based Fermented Matrices
Author: Flor De Maria Ortiz - Validation of a Rapid Method to Detect Yeast and Mold in a Broad Range of Foods Following China GB 4789.45
Author: Haley Wang - Harmonized Validation Study of a Novel Film-Based Method for Quantitative Determination of Bacillus cereus Group in a Broad Range of Foods and Animal Feed
Authors: Wesley Thompson, M. Joseph Benzinger, Jr. and Benjamin Bastin (Q Laboratories) - Independent Laboratory Study Evaluation of the Soleris® E. coli Test-Level 2 Modification for the Detection of E. coli in Select Foods
Authors: Wesley Thompson, M. Joseph Benzinger, Jr. and Benjamin Bastin (Q Laboratories)