The first annual meeting of the safefood VTEC network will take place on Thursday, October 20th 2011 at Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown, Dublin.
This one-day conference will focus on various aspects of VTEC with a number of international speakers addressing issues ranging from the recent German E. coli O104 outbreak, the emergence of E. coli O104, ISO method for non O157 VTEC, epidemiology of VTEC in Europe and molecular risk assessment of VTEC. There will be oral and poster presenters on VTEC from the island of Ireland addressing activities issues related to surveillance and control of the pathogen. The meeting will be of interest to those in the food industry, veterinary inspectors, researchers and those working in public and environmental health.
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Geraldine I cannot access the call for abstracts and registration form link as it is bloked by the HSE as 'social networking', would it be possible to get an e mail copy of these.
thanks
Anne