Agenda and Presentations
8/27/2024
2024 Rocky Mountain Food Safety Symposium
7:30 am: Registration & Breakfast
8:00 am: Welcome
Ken Boyer, RMFSC Chair, Seattle Fish Company
8:10 am: 2022 Food Code Adoption and Allergen Food Labeling
Troy Huffman, Retail Food Safety Team Manager, CDPHE
Patrick Guzzle, Vice President, Food Science, Natation Restaurant Association
8:40 am: Food Fraud – A Public Health and Food Safety Challenge
Karen Everstine, PhD, Technical Director, FoodChain ID
9:40 am: Food Safety Issues and Initiatives Associated with Cantaloupe Consumed in USA
Sonia Salas, Associate Vice President, Western Growers
10:40 am: Break & Snacks
10:55 am: A Team Approach: Examining a Norovirus Outbreak Through the Lenses of Environmental Health and Epidemiology
Lori Stewart, Public Health Investigator II, DDPHE
Conner Carrillo, Environmental Public Health Epidemiologist, DDPHE
Health Equity in Food Safety Session
11:25 am Oral Culture Learning – Train the Trainer
Rose Stillwell, Environmental Health Specialist, Boulder County Public Health
11:40 am Cultural Navigation: Increasing Equity in Disease Control and Response
Tavia Mirassou-Wolf, MPH, Cultural Navigation Unit Supervisor, CDPHE Colorado Center of Excellence in Newcomer Health
11:55 am: Integration of Health Equity and Cultural Navigation in a Salmonella I 4, [5], 12:i:- Outbreak Associated with Traditional Ethiopian Cuisine, Colorado, 2021-2022
Brianna Patton, MPH, Colorado Food Safety Center of Excellence Epidemiologist, CDPHE
12:10 pm: Lunch Provided
1:10 pm: Future of Food: Pioneering Compliance for Cell-Cultivated Meat in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape
Nicole Berzins, Senior Director Regulatory and Quality Affairs / CEO, SciFi Foods / Innovative FoodReg Solutions LLC
Climate Change Session
2:00 pm: Marshall Fires Respond
Lane Drager, Consumer Protection Program Manager, Boulder County Public Health
2:30 pm: Climate Change & Food Safety (Virtual Presentation)
Erika Austhof, Assistant Research Professor, University of Arizona College of Public Health
2:45 pm: Break and Snacks
3:00pm: Supporting Food Innovation at CSU Spur
Michael Gabel, Director of Food Innovation Center, College of Agricultural Sciences/Agricultural Experiment Station, Colorado State University Spur
3:15pm: Tour of Food Innovation Center
5:00pm: Closing Remarks & Adjourn
Ken Boyer, RMFSC Chair, Seattle Fish Company
5:10pm: Networking Event in Atrium