International Conferences

Recommended Conferences for food microbiology

food microbiology

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As per available reports about 1 national symposiums is presently dedicated exclusively to food  microbiology. 

Food microbiology is the study of the microorganisms that inhabit, create, or contaminate food, including the study of microorganisms causing food spoilage. "Good" bacteria, however, such as probiotics, are becoming increasingly important in food science. In addition, microorganisms are essential for the production of foods such as cheese, yogurt, bread, beer, wine and, other fermented foods.
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Scope and Importance: 

Food safety is a major focus of food microbiology. Pathogenic bacteria, viruses and toxins produced by microorganisms are all possible contaminants of food. However, microorganisms and their products can also be used to combat these pathogenic microbes. Probiotic bacteria, including those that produce bacteriocins, can kill and inhibit pathogens. Alternatively, purified bacteriocins such as nisin can be added directly to food products. Finally, bacteriophages, viruses that only infect bacteria, can be used to kill bacterial pathogens. Thorough preparation of food, including proper cooking, eliminates most bacteria and viruses. However, toxins produced by contaminants may not be liable to change to non-toxic forms by heating or cooking the contaminated food. Fermentation is one of the methods to preserve food and alter its quality. Yeast, especially Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is used to leaven bread, brew beer and make wine. Certain bacteria, including lactic acid bacteria, are used to make yogurt, cheese, hot sauce, pickles, fermented sausages and dishes such as kimchi. A common effect of these fermentations is that the food product is less hospitable to other microorganisms, including pathogens and spoilage-causing microorganisms, thus extending the food's shelf-life. Some cheese varieties also require molds to ripen and develop their characteristic flavors. To ensure safety of food products, microbiological tests such as testing for pathogens and spoilage organisms are required. This way the risk of contamination under normal use conditions can be examined and food poisoning outbreaks can be prevented. Testing of food products and ingredients is important along the whole supply chain as possible flaws of products can occur at every stage of production. Apart from detecting spoilage, microbiological tests can also determine germ content, identify yeasts and molds, and salmonella. For salmonella, scientists are also developing rapid and portable technologies capable of identifying unique variants of Salmonella. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) is a quick and inexpensive method to generate numbers of copies of a DNA fragment at a specific band ("PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction)," 2008). For that reason, scientists are using PCR to detect different kinds of viruses or bacteria, such as HIV and anthrax based on their unique DNA patterns. Various kits are commercially available to help in food pathogen nucleic acids extraction, PCR detection, and differentiation. The detection of bacterial strands in food products is very important to everyone in the world, for it helps prevent the occurrence of food borne illness. Therefore, PCR is recognized as a DNA detector in order to amplify and trace the presence of pathogenic strands in different processed food.
 

Market Analysis-

Food Micro, Eighth Edition: Microbiology Testing in the Global Food Industry (Food Micro—8) tracks and compares microbiology test volumes, market values and methods used by food producers around the world, based on detailed interviews with more than 450 food production facilities in North America, Europe and Asia, including China and India. According to Food Micro—8, the global food industry will conduct 966.5 million microbiology tests in 2013 to ensure the safety of food products and detect dangerous pathogens in food. The report provides detailed breakdowns by microorganisms, food segments (meat, dairy, fruit/vegetable and processed foods) and geographic regions, and summarizes key trends and concerns in microbiology testing in food production facilities around the world

Conferences :

1.   2nd World Congress and Expo on Applied Microbiology,
October 31- November 2, 2016  Istanbul, Turkey

2.      Rare Diseases and Orphan Drugs Conference,
May 12-13, 2016  Chicago, USA

3.      Infection Prevention and Control Conference,
Aug 1-2, 2016  Frankfurt, Germany

4.      Human Papillomavirus Conference,
May 2-3, 2016  Chicago, USA

5.      Lupus Conference,
Oct 27-28, 2016  Chicago, USA

6.      Allergy Conference,
March 29-30, 2016  Valencia, Spain

7.      Mycology Conference,
Sept 12-14, 2016  San Antonio, USA

8.      Medical Parasitology Conference,
Oct 17-19, 2016  Houston, USA

9.      4^th HIV/AIDS, STDs & STIs Conference,
Oct 3-5, 2016, Miami, USA

10.  5^th Virology Conference,
Dec 1-3, 2016, Baltimore, USA

11.  2^nd Influenza Conference,
Sept 12-14, 2016  Berlin, Germany

12.  2^nd Parasitology Conference,
Oct 10-12, 2016  Manchester, UK

13.  6^th Euro Virology Conference,
March 10-12, 2016  Madrid, Spain

14.  3^rd Hepatitis and Liver Diseases Conference,
Oct 17-19, 2016  Dubai, UAE

15.  4^th Epidemiology & Emerging Diseases Conference,
Oct 3-5, 2016 London, UK

16.  2^nd Flu Conference,
Nov 17-19, 2016  San Francisco, USA

17.  3^rd Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Conference,
July 11-12, 2016  Brisbane, Australia

18.  European Infectious Diseases Conference,
Aug 1-3, 2016  Frankfurt, Germany

19.  4^th Bacteriology and Infectious Diseases Conference,
May 16-18, 2016  San Antonio, USA

20.  Infectious Diseases and Diagnostic Microbiology Conference,
Oct 3-5, 2016  Vancouver, Canada

21.  2^nd Retroviruses and Novel Drugs Conference,
June 30-Jul 1, 2016  Capetown, South Africa

22.  72^nd Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Conference,
San Antonio, USA

23.  26^th European Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Conference, Istanbul, Turkey

24.  Infection Prevention and Control Conference, Tübingen, Germany

25.  17^th Infectious Diseases Conference, Hyderabad, India

26.  34^th Annual Infectious Diseases Conference, Sacramento, California

27. ASM-Microbe 2016

28. 17th International Conference MPMI

29. MSBJ Annual Meeting

30. Problems in Listeriosis Conference

Socities :

1. American society for Micro Biology
2. Society for General Micro Biology
3. Swiss Society for Micro Biology
4. Society for applied Microbiology
5. International Union of Microbiological societies
6. Federation of European Microbiological Societies

Companies :

• Gilead Sciences, Inc.
• Amgen, Inc.
• Celgene Corporation
• Biogen Idec, Inc.
• Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Illumina, Inc.
• BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.
• Agilent Technologies, Inc.

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