Call for abstracts for the safefood VTEC Network meeting

[Geraldine Duffy]

Meeting of safefood network on

 Verocytotoxigenic E. coli (VTEC) 

Teagasc Food Research Centre,

Ashtown, Dublin

October 20^th 2011

                                       

This one-day conference will focus on various aspects of VTEC with a number of international speakers addressing issues ranging from the recent Germany 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 and issues of relevance to 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.

 

International Speakers at the conference will include:

 

• Dr Rosangela Tozzoli, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome
• Prof. Patrick Fach, French Agency for Food Safety (AFSSA), Maison Alfort
• Dr Jeppe Boele, Technical University of Denmark
• Dr Helen Bernard, Robert Koch Institute, Germany  

 

Call for abstracts

Participants are invited to submit abstracts. Abstracts will be reviewed and authors will be informed of acceptance as an oral or poster presentation. All abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings.

 

Abstracts should be submitted on a single A4 page, text should be Times 12 pt with single spacing and should not exceed 300 words in length. The name of the author presenting the contribution should be underlined. Please indicate if you wish your abstract to be considered for oral or poster presentation.

 

Closing date for receipts of abstracts is September 16^th 2011

These should be sent by e-mail to [e-mail]

 

Registration Fee

VTEC network members:  No fee 

Non Members: Fee of €50.00 (includes lunch and conference materials)

 

Registration Form