A workshop on prediction of seafood safety and quality will be organized on Tuesday 15 September 2009 at DTU Aqua in Lyngby, Denmark. The workshop programme and related information is attached and also available on the SSSP homepage (http://sssp.dtuaqua.dk/).

This workshop is organized in relation to the 3^rd Trans-Atlantic Fisheries Technology Conference (TAFT 2009) that takes place in Copenhagen on 16-18 September (see www.taft2009.org and the attached flyer).   

 

Key aspects of the workshop include:

• Prediction of product characteristics and storage conditions that prevent growth of Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat seafood and the relevance of this in relation to EU regulations and new codex guidelines (EC 1441/2007; ALINORM 09/32/13).  
• Prediction of histamine formation in seafood
• Shelf-life of seafood under variable temperature storage conditions

 

A new version of the Seafood Spoilage and Safety Predictor (SSSP) software (v. 3.1) will be used for this workshop. This new software includes a very extensive Listeria monocytogenes growth and growth boundary model that take into account the effect of temperature, NaCl/a_w, pH, CO₂, smoke intensity, nitrite, organic acids (acetic acid/diacetate, benzoic acid, citric acid, lactic acid, sorbic acid) and the interaction among all these environmental parameters. The new software allows growth responses of L. monocytogenes to be predicted for a wide range of foods.

If you are interested in attending this workshop then please see the attached flyer/leaflet for registration. 

 

With best regards

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Paw Dalgaard * Seafood & Predictive Microbiology * Aquatic Microbiology and Seafood Hygiene * National Institute of Aquatic Resources (DTU Aqua) * Technical University of Denmark * Soltofts Plads, building 221 * 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark * e-mail: pad@aqua.dtu.dk * phone office: +45-45252566 * phone lab.: +45-45254913 * phone dept.: +45-45883322.