CSREES to Co-sponsor 2006
Food Safety Education Conference
The Reaching At-Risk Audiences and Today's
Other Food Safety Challenges meeting will
be held in Denver, CO, September 27-29, 2006.
Pre-conference workshops will be held on
September 25-26 and post-conference tours
on September 29.
This national conference is sponsored by
USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service
(FSIS); NSF International, a nonprofit public
health company; the Food and Drug Administration;
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
CSREES; and the NSF/WHO Collaborating Center
for Food Safety.
Abstracts for oral presentations, poster
sessions, and educational exhibits for the
conference are due February 17, 2006.
The conference will be organized around
five primary themes:
- Foodborne illness surveillance and epidemiological
insights
- Food safety behavioral and attitudinal
research
- Social marketing, educational interventions,
and program research
- Role of foodservice and food industries,
and
- New technologies
Who will attend:
- Public health professionals, medical
personnel, and health care providers
- Food safety education professionals,
researchers, consultants, and dietitians
- Cooperative Extension, food service,
health department, and freelance educators
- Trade and health associations, and consumer
groups
- Sanitarians and quality control professionals
- Food safety marketers and communicators
- Science writers, health care journalists,
and other media professionals
Visit the FSIS Web site for information
about submitting abstracts and
attending the conference.
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