Our student volunteers; Trevor Chan, Angela Wong and Stephanie Chiu arrived early to help with registration.
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Our student volunteers; Trevor Chan, Angela Wong and Stephanie Chiu arrived early to help with registration.
Saul Kasiulionis and Sean Rollo with their PCO Services Inc. display.
Breakfast!
Bill Kaminsky represented Caltech Tech Services.
Terry Lum, Ian Crook, Kevin Tisdall and Michael Ng with the Ecolab display.
Edward Alletto, National Sales Manager for Ronco Protective Products visits
with
Lance Hill, BCFPA Membership Coordinator in front of the Ronco display.
Ron Kuriyedath, Chief Chemist with SGS Canada Inc. in front of their display.
Thasneem Sandi and Serina Lai from Fraser Health Authority.
Steve Boloudakis representing bioMerieux Canada Inc.
Michael Mensah-Wilson, JM Schneider Inc. and Ernst Schoeller, CDS Sanitation
Ltd. with their joint display.
Early in the morning at the registration desk.
Franco Petra, PCO Service Inc. and Pam Mandarino, Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
smiling and ready for the day's program.
Ashleen Nadan and Jenine Lutz from the Fraser Health Authority all smiles.
Peter Taylor, Project Manager for Cantest Ltd. with their display.
Bob France, Interior Health Authority visits with Curtis Johnson in front
of the IPSOS-Reid display.
Steve Boloudakis and Carol Smith with their display from bioMerieux Canada Inc.
Jim Kostuch, Vice President and CEO of TrainCan, Inc. with his display.
Rick Thompson, Overwaitea Food Group, Terry Peters, President of BCFPA and
Yemi Ogunrinola, Vantage Foods Inc. visit before the morning session.
Terry Peters, President of BCFPA makes his opening remarks.
Rick Thompson, Manager, Product Integrity for Overwaitea Food Group presents on the Grocer's
perspective of
"What Does the Consumer Think About Food Safety?"
Rick Thompson introduces the Overwaitea "brightlife"' program and
talks of their efforts
to provide educational opportunities for their customers.
Three of our presenters; Shendra Brisdon, Fraser Health Authority, Lorraine
McIntyre
and Anna Paccagnella, both from the BC Centre for Disease Control.
Richard Barrett, Account Executive from Warnex Inc. with his display with lovely
fall colours for a backdrop.
Networking before the program begins.
Susan Schliecher and Oonagh Tyson from the Fraser Health Authority flank
Steve
Boloudakis from bioMerieux Canada Inc.
Keith Herle and Nigel Headley of Vancouver Coastal Health Authority.
Michael Mensah-Wilson, Director BCFPA meets new member
Harry Dhaliwal from Vancouver Coastal Health Authority.
Bill Kaminsky, Caltech Tech Services answers questions fom David Hsin from Canadian
Food Inspection Agency.
Everyone puts on a big a smile as Ian Crook and Terry Lum from Ecolab demonstrate their
wares!
Alison Speirs, BC Ministry of Agriculture and Lands and Lorraine McIntyre, Treasurer
of BCFPA.
Our sole retired member, Carol Crawford catches up with Carol Smith of bioMerieux
Canada Inc.
Brian Radke, Kathleen Laberge, Ana Paccagnella, Eleni Galanis all from the BC
Centre for Disease Control.
Sean Rollo of PCO Services Inc. presents on Rats & Other Pests and Risk.
Dr. Brent Skura, Associate Professor, Food, Nutrition and Health at the University of British Columbia
speaks on "Hygienic Design of Equipment - Avoiding Hidden Treasures"
Shendra Brisdon assists Lorraine McIntyre with her demonstration.
Terry Lum, Ecolab Food and Beverage Division speaks on the subject
of "Sanitation
101 - Basic Chemistry of Clean".
Shendra Brisdon delivering her presentation on "Tracking, Tracing & Recall"
Serina Lai, Fraser Health Authority with Harry Dhailwal, Vancouver Coastal Health
Authority.
Sean Rollo and Franco Petra from PCO Service Inc. along with (x).
Nizar Ramjii, NR Consultants, Anna Piesik, FoodAssure Laboratory Ltd. and Peter
Bertram,
Nature's Path Food Inc. engage is a discussion during a break.
Annette Moore, Vice President and Lorraine McIntyre, Treasurer of BCFPA the
two main conference organizers take time to share some BIG smiles (of relief)!
Lydia Yuliana, Food Technologist with sustaining member, Monterey Mushrooms
(and new member of the BCFPA Executive) speaks with Founding Member Ernst Scholler.
Some great smiles from Dwayne Stroh, Nancy Clements and Jill Lucko
of the Vancouver
Island Health Authority.
Irene Wilkin and Marie de Montigny from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency visit
over the lunch break
and below take time to pose for the camera.
Kuljeet Chattha, Fraser Health Authority and Harry Dhaliwal, Vancouver Coastal
Health Authority.
Kuljeet Chattha and Shendra Brisdon from Fraser Health Authority.
The "Surrey" Girls
Ashleen Nadan, (x), Serina Lai, Theresa Wawrykow, Jenine Lutz, Barbara Haworth
and Oonagh Tyson
Stephanie Chiu our Student Coordinator and Angela Wong one of our
student members who both assisted at our registration table.
Annette and Terry make a draw for one of the raffle prizes donated by our sustaining
members.
Curtis Johnson of IPSOS-Reid presents on "The Data Behind the Consumers Thoughts".
Lorraine and Terry from the BCFPA Executive at the registration table..
Dr. Eleni Galanis from the BC Centre for Disease Control speaks on "Integrated
Surveillance of
Foodborne / Zoonotic Diseases" using her Danish experience to set out some possibilities
for BC.
Dr. Merv Wetzstein, BC Ministry of Agriculture & Lands speaks on the
subject
of "Antimicrobial Resistance and Agriculture".
Dr Eleni Galanis and Kathleen Laberge from BC Centre for Disease Control.
Peter Bertram, Nature's Path Food Inc. with Dr. Merv Wetzstein, BC Ministry
of Agriculture & Lands.
Lis Vallaster, Fraser Health Authority; Alison Speirs, BC Ministry of Agriculture
and Lands;
Michele Radnidge, Richmond Health Services; and Barbara Haworth,
Fraser Health Authority.
Nicole Sillett, National Co-ordinator, Canadian Quality Milk Program
makes her presentation about "On-Farm Food Safety Programs".
Larry Sawchyn, Stantec Consulting makes his presentation,
"Source Water:
Treatment Solutions for Farm & Plant".
Nizar Ramjii, Food Safety & Quality Assurance Consultant, NR Consultants;
Anna Piesik, Lab Manager, FoodAssure Laboratory Ltd.; Parimal Rana, Director,
BC Food Processors Association; and Peter Bertram, Manager, Nature's Path Food
Inc.
await the start of the next session.
Lim Lee, Snowcrest; Nigel Headley, Vancouver Coastal Health and (x).
Bruce Clark from Marler-Clark presents on "Minimizing Your Liability Risks
and Foodborne Illness Lawsuits".
Terry Peters, President of BCFPA invites questions before presenting Mr. Clark
with a token of our appreciation.
Debra Noronha, Industrial Sales Consultant and Michael Cuttler, Product Manager
with their display from BD
Diagnostics.
Terry Peters, President and Michael Mensah-Wilson, Director of BCFPA hand out
materials for the AGM.
Nizar Ramjii and Ernst Schoeller share some smiles with the camera.
Jason Page, Sales & Marketing Manager accepts their Sustaining Members plaque
from
Terry Peters, President of BCFPA on behalf of Canadian Pest Control Ltd.
Anna Jean Billingsley, Hot House Growers Inc. accepting their Sustaining Members
plaque from Terry Peters, President of BCFPA.
Michael Cuttler, Product Manager accepting their Sustaining Members plaque
on behalf of BD from BCFPA President, Terry Peters.
Edward Alleto, Ronco Protective Products accepting their Sustaining Members
plaque from BCFPA President, Terry Peters.
Tony Hartzenberg, Sugarplum Desserts Ltd. accepting his Sustaining Members
plaque from BCFPA President, Terry Peters.
Terry Peters, BCFPA President presents a Sustaining Members plaque to Jim Kostuch
of TrainCan, Inc.
Richard Barrett, Account Executive from Warnex Inc. receiving their Sustaining
Members
plaque from BCFPA President, Terry Peters.
Terry Peters with Sustaining Members; Ernst Schoeller, CDS Sanitation Ltd.; Carol Smith,
bioMerieux Canada Inc.; Anna Piesik, Food Assure Laboratory Ltd.; and Annette Moore,
Quality First In Agriculture Inc. who were present to receive the 2006 Renewal
tags for their plaques.
Dr. Kathy Glass, President of the International Association for Food Protection
(IAFP) speaks
on the benefits and services offered by membership in IAFP including the Journal
of Food Protection Trends.
Dr. Kathy Glass, President of the International Association for Food Protection
makes her keynote presentation on "Emerging Pathogens".
Dr. Glass moves in to the audience to make her points.
Terry Peters, President of the BC Food Protection Association listens to Dr. Glass.
A full house listens to Dr. Glass.
Terry prepares to thank Dr. Glass for her excellent presentation.
BCFPA members Richard Smith, Carol Crawford, David Wu and Sharon Riches follow
the presentation.
Another shot of the audience in attendance at the Speaker's Evening.
BCFPA President, Terry Peters introduces John Boyce of the American Institute of Baking
prior to his presentation Dealing with Pathogens
in the Plant.
John Boyce delivers a very practical and informative presentation on how to
approach pathogen control at the plant level.
Terry Peters thanks John Boyce for his presentation.
Peter Taylor of CANTEST Ltd. accepts a plague in recognition of their Bronze
Level Sustaining Membership.
Robert Meijer of Medox Diagnostics accepts a plague in recognition of their
Bronze Level Sustaining Membership.
Terry Peters with the assistance of Dr. Glass make the draws for the door prizes.
Lara Tiro was the smiling winner of a new membership for the International Association
for Food Protection.
Bruce Mills accept a travel mug as a door prize courtesy of Ecolab Food &
Beverage Division.
One of the students in attendance from BCIT accepts a book on wine as a door
prize
courtesy of FoodAssure Laboratories, Inc.
BCFPA Membership Coordinator, Lance Hill and BCFPA President, Terry Peters in front of
the BCFPA display at the CIPHI Conference held at the Bunaby Hilton Hotel.
BCFPA Vice President,
Annette Moore and BCFPA Treasurer, Lorraine McIntyre
also assisted with our display over the two day event.
Lance and Terry again in front of our display which was visited by many of those
in attendance at the conference.
Lance networks with fellow exhibitors, John Van Dyke from Virox technologies
Inc. and Darlene Hann
from Thermor Measurement Specialists at a small social following closure of
the conference.
Karin Schreurs of the Granville Island Public Market explains her role to members
of the BCFPA Student Professional Development Group.
Karin Schreurs explains the workings of the Granville Island Public Market.
A booth offering wild crafted mushrooms and botanicals finds a home at the Market..
The operator of the 'Wild Products' shows the students pictures of some of the
sources of his products..
Karin discusses the different types of operators that will be found at the Market.
Linda and Justine flank BCFPA Student Coordinator, Kimberley Willing in front
of the last peddlar vendor at the Market.
Karin speaks to the students about issues concerning recycling and
studies being
undertaken to explore composting of green waste..
BCFPA Treasurer, Lorraine McIntyre checks out the tasting table before our tour of the Granville Island Brewery.
Our students learn about the various types of malt barley used at Granville Island Brewery.
Granville Island Brewery Tour Guide, Jesse discusses the four ingredients of
beer.
Jesse displays a sample of malt barley.
Our group listens as Jesse explains the pieces of equipment and takes us through
the brewing process..
The hot water tank which supplies water to the mash tun.
The grist hopper which holds the ground malt above the mash tun.
The mash tun
The lauter tun where insoluble material is removed from the wort sits behind
the mash tun.
Jesses explains the difference between ale and beer fermentation.
The Bavarian Purity Law of 1516.
A fermenter for lager style beer which is cooled to slow the fermentation process.
A fermentation vessel for ale.
Our group all smiles obviously enjoying the tour.
The conditioning tanks line the wall in the cold room..
Our students listen as Jesses explains the final stages of the brewing process.
A three-spout filler used for bottling specialty products produced on-site.
An illustrated process flow hangs in the tasting area to assist visitors in
discussing what they have seen during the tour.
Jesse pours the first sample of the Honey Lager for Lance Hill, BCFPA
Membership
Coordinator and Lorraine McIntyre, BCFPA Treasurer.
Our group eagerly compares the four products currently on tap.
Another shot of the group at the tasting table.
Linda documents the four beers on tap.
Lance Hill at home with his hands full!
Linda and Angela raise a glass to an enjoyable educational event!
Justine, Linda, Stephanie and Kimberley are all smiles; obviously a great way
to end a week of studies!
Teery Peters, Lance Hill and Lorraine McIntyre celebrate the success of the
event.
Kimberley beams as she shows off her practiced dexterity.
BCFPA Student Coordinator, Kimberley Willing speaks with interested students at the BCFPA table top display.
Kimberley adjusts our display as students view the many IAFP materials on display.
BCFPA President, Terry Peters, answers a question as Kimberley looks on.
Terry speaks with an interested student.
BCFPA Student Group Secretary, Stephanie Chiu was also on hand to assist with
our display
and answer questions from her fellow students.
Lorraine McIntyre, BCFPA Treasurer worked displays of both BCFPA and the BC
Centre for Disease Control.
Kimberley greets visitors with a winning smile. Being a member of BCFPA
may mean
attending educational events on serious food protection topics but networking
and having fun is an important aspect!
Stephanie poses with one of our visitors with the BCFPA table top display in the background.
Kimberley again speaking with yet another interested student.
BCFPA President, Terry Peters poses along with Shosha Ji from the UBC Life Sciences Co-op
office.