Meat Industry Research Conference (MIRC)
2007 Meat
Industry Research Conference
Co-Sponsored by AMIF and AMSA
October 23-24, 2007
McCormick Place
Chicago, IL
Tuesday, October 23
Session 1: Current Issues in the
Meat Industry
Moderator: Megan McMichael, Food
Scientist, Cargill Meat Solutions
Safety and Quality of Low Oxygen
Packaging Systems for Fresh Meat
Daren
Cornforth, Ph.D., Professor, Utah State
University
Use of antimycotic agents to
control Listeria monocytogenes in
Ready-to-eat meats
Dennis
L. Seman, Ph.D., Senior Principal Scientist,
Kraft/Oscar Mayer
“Made In China”
Patricia
Wester, Reg. Operations - North America, SGS
Consumer Testing Services
The World Cancer Research Fund
Report: Expectations & Implications
Janet M. Riley, Senior Vice
President, American Meat Institute
Session 2 The Consequences of Going
Natural
Moderator: Ron Jenkins,
Applications Specialist/Technical Sales, Red
Arrow Products Company LLC
Natural Raising Claims
Martin
O’Connor, Branch Chief, AMS,
USDA
Fresh Natural Meats
Gary
Smith, Ph.D., University Distinguished
Professor, Colorado State
University
Processed Natural Meats
Jeff
Sindelar, Ph.D., Assistant Professor/Extension
Meat Specialist, University of Wisconsin Meat
Extension
Natural Meat Processing, the
Processor’s Perspective
Phillip
Minerich, Ph.D., Vice President, R&D Hormel
Foods
Session 3 Meat and Human Nutrition
I - Perspectives on Diet and Health
Moderator: Randy Huffman, Ph.D.,
Vice President, American Meat Institute
Foundation
Epidemiological Causation Criteria
Andrew
Milkowski, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, University
of Wisconsin
Dietary Nitrite Contributes to
Cardiovascular Health and Disease
Nathan
S. Bryan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Center
for Cell Signaling, The University of
Texas
Wednesday, October 24
Session 4 Meat and Human Nutrition
II - Perspectives on Nutrigenomics
Moderator: Al Booren, Ph.D., Meat
Extension Specialist, Michigan State
University
Overview of
Nutrigenomics
Ahmed El-Sohemy, Ph.D., Canada
Research Chair in Nutrigenomics, University of
Toronto
Role of the
Total Diet in Human Cancer
Nancy
Emenaker, Ph.D., Program Director, Nutritional
Science Research Group, National Institutes of
Health
Session 5 Food Defense - Preparing
for the Coming Storm
Moderator: Aubrey Schroeder,
Senior Technical Advisor, Elanco Animal
Health
A case study from the Pet Food
Industry
Nancy
Cook, Vice President, Pet Food
Institute
Identifying Potential Risks and
Preventing Intentional Contamination: The
Basics
Shaun
Kennedy, National Center for Food Protection
and Defense, University of
Minnesota
Basic Fundamentals of Writing a
Food Defense Plan
Carol L.
Lorenzen, Ph.D., Associate Professor Department
of Food Science, University of
Missouri
Implementing a Food Defense Plan
and Countermeasures
Dave
Wankowski, Regulatory Affairs Manager, Kraft
Foods