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Emerging Infectious Diseases * Volume 2 * Number 4 * October-December 1996
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News and Notes

Conference on Emerging Foodborne Pathogens

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The conference on "Emerging Foodborne Pathogens: Implications and Control,"
March 24-26, 1997, Radisson Plaza Hotel at Mark Center, Alexandria,
Virginia, USA, is organized by the International Life Sciences Institute
(ILSI), ILSI North America Technical Committee on Food Microbiology, the
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Agriculture,
and Food and Drug Administration, in cooperation with the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and the Pan American Health
Organization/World Health Organization. The conference will review the
lessons learned and knowledge gained concerning the emergence/reemergence
and dissemination of food-related microbial threats to health; identify
factors that foster emergence/reemergence and dissemination of these
hazards; identify scientific and food safety strategies to address emerging
foodborne microbial hazards; and identify future research needs. The
conference will be of special interest to food protection and public health
professionals, including microbiologists, epidemiologists, physicians, and
health policy makers; industry, academic, and government researchers; and
others interested in microbial food safety hazards.

For program and registration information, contact

Ms. Diane Dalisera
Emerging Foodborne Pathogens Conference International Life Sciences
Institute (ILSI)
1126 Sixteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036-4810, USA
Telephone: 202-659-0074
Fax: 202-659-3859
E-mail: meetings@dc.ilsi.org
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