Today's Environmental Problems are Tomorrow's Food and Crop Safety Issues

Program

Tuesday, September 20

Time Speaker Topic
8:00   Registration/Continental Breakfast
9:00 President Wurzer Welcome, “Environmental, Food and Crop Safety Research at the University of California, Davis”
9:15 Professor Bart C. Weimer, Ph.D., Chair and Professor at the Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, UCD Keynote: “Analytical Considerations for Genomics and Metagenomics in a Diagnostic Setting.”
10:00 Students at the University of California Davis Poster Presentations
10:30   Coffee Break
11:00 Dr. Pramrod Pandey, Associate Professor/Specialist Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis “Analytical Needs and Environmental Significance in the Agriculture System of California”
12:00   Lunch
1:00 Jenny Nelson, PhD Research Scientist Agilent Technologies and Adjunct Professor UC Davis “Hot Topics in Heavy Metals Testing”
1:30 Alex McFall PhD, Laboratory Coordinator IR-4 Western Region and Trace Analytical Laboratories, Department of Environmental Toxicology “Challenges of Pesticide Registration in Hemp”
2:00   Break
2:30 Students at the University of California, Davis Poster Presentations
3:30 Matt Amicucci, VP of Research and Development at BCD Bioscience “High-throughput Polysaccharide Analysis and the Development of an Encyclopedia of Food Carbohydrates”
4:30 David Schmidt, Executive Director AOAC INTERNATIONAL “The AOAC INTERNATIONAL Update”
5:00   Pacific Southwest Section President’s Reception – Open to all – Network and enjoy a glass on us!

Wednesday, September 21

Time Speaker Topic
8:00   Registration/Continental Breakfast
9:00 President Wurzer Welcome, “Regulatory Compliance Issues”
9:15 Socrates Trujillo, Branch Chief, Office of Applied Research and Safety Assessment, CFSAN, US FAD (OARSA) Keynote: “OARSA’s work on Cyclospora cayetanensis: Discovering the Future to Safeguard the Present”
10:00 Natalie Jacuzzi, California Department of Food and Agriculture “An Update on California’s Hemp Program”
10:30   Coffee Break
11:00 Rachel Kubiak, Cannabis Supervisor, CA Department of Pesticide Regulation “An Update on DPR’s Guidance on the use of Pesticides in the Cultivation of Cannabis.”
11:30 Joy Dias, California Department of Pesticide Regulation “California Department of Pesticide Regulation’s Groundwater Protection Program”
12:00   Lunch
1:00 Scott Krepich, Senior Field Application Scientist “What am I eating? An Exploration of PFAS in Food and Food Contact Materials.”
1:30   California Association for Food Protection Update
2:00   Break
2:30 Alexandra Tudor, Director of Business Development and Director Microbiology Laboratory, Industrial Laboratories, Denver, CO “Analytical Methods for Cannabis, Colorado Analytical Testing Laboratory Perspective”
3:30 Gordon Vrlodjak, Chief Cannabis Testing Section, CA Dept. of Public Health “Analytical Methods for Cannabis, California Regulatory Perspective”

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