BCFPA Photo Gallery 2007

Dr. Perry Kendall, BC Provincial Health Officer makes the keynote presentation.




















Dr. Kendall takes a last question as Terry Peters. President of BCFPA prepares to thank him for his presentation.




The exhibit area.




Dr. Eleni Galanis visits with BCFPA Treasurer, Lorraine McIntyre at the registration desk.




BCFPA Membership Coordinator, Lance Hill with the BCFPA display.




Liz Gurszky, Director of Market Development and Communication with the BC Dairy Foundation
presents on their marketing campaign.



Lis Vallaster from Vancouver Coastal Health with the CIPHI display.




Saul Kasiulionis and Sean Rollo from PCO Services Inc. visit the QMI display.




Dr. Brent Skura from the University of British Columbia.








Stephanie Chiu, BCFPA Student Coordinator thanks Dr. Skura for his presentation.




Keith Warriner, Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science, University of Guelph.




Lindsay Babineau from Agriculture in the Classroom.




Glen Embree and Sandra Gill from Fraser Health Authority.




? from PCO Services Inc. with John Poschner from Abell Pest Control Inc.




Steve Boloudakis, Raj Parmar and Richard Barrett.




Bola Fagbamiye from Abell Pest Control Inc. checks his messages.




Graham Monda and Jim Stewart from JohnsonDiversey Food Group.








Edward Alleto from RONCO with Virginia Jorgenson.




Barbara Peters, Dan Moreau and Lisa Weih in front of the BC Food Safety Initiative display.




Rosalyn Sellick, Nancy Clements, Tricia Cooper and Jennie Chu at the QMI display
with Virginia Jorgensen and Edward Aletto engaged in conversation to the right.




Sheri Nielson visits with Steve Boloudakis from bioMerieux Canada Inc.




Ernst Schoeller from C.D.S. Sanitation Ltd. meets Karen Rehbein from Fraser Health Authority.




John Poschner, James Roach and Bola Fagbamiye with their display from Abell Pest Control Inc.




Matt Chute from TrainCan Inc. with Nizar Ramji from NR Consultants.




Kelly Johnston, Vancouver Island Health Authority with Ron Kuriyedath from SGS Canada Ltd.
and Sona Jassal from the Fraser Health Authority.




Graham Monda and Jim Stewart from JohnsonDiversey Food Group in front of their display.




Karen Rehbein caught checking out the I.G. MicroMed Environmental display.




Sion Shyng from Food Protection Services, BCCDC with Richard Barrett from Innovation Diagnostics.




Mark Ritson from Vancouver Coastal Health with Peter Taylor from CANTEST Ltd.




Eugena Hao from JR Labs with, Sonia Hundal and ? at the Oxoid Canada display.








Yasmin Hasham from Health Canada, Caroline Pellerin and Nancy Metcalfe from
3M Microbiology and Anna Piesik from FoodAssure Laboratories Inc.








Jim Stewart from JohnsonDiversey speaks to Pam Mason from Sofina Foods.




Eric De Castro from Fraser Health Authority, Chris Losito from Vancouver Coastal Health
and Sona Jassal from Fraser Health Authority at the Quality First in Agriculture Inc. display.




Steve Wittig from The Steritech Group Corp with Sean Rollo from Orkin-PCO.








Kathryn Small and Elsie Friesen from Fraser Health Authority.




Vivian Leung and BCFPA Student Coordinator Stephanie Chiu.




Carmen Wakeling and Jeanine Fukui from Eatmore Sprouts and Greens Ltd.




Josh Moran, Barbara Alvarez and Victor Chen.



Verlie Turner from Fraser Health Authority and Dr. Brent Skura from UBC.




Jana Cranch, Bill Wrathall and Sandra Gill.




Rick Gammer and Terry Peters.




Raman Gill and Lance Hill at the BCFPA display.




Dawn Ng, Kim Mclelland, Gary Tam and Jana Cranch.




Lindsay Babineau from Agriculture in the Classroom and Bill Weismiller from BCMAL.




Craig Johnston and Ken Randa from CFIA.




Lindsay Babineau, Chris and Anna Piesik.




Glen Embree, Virginia Jorgenson and Dionne Neuman.




Annette Moore from Quality First in Agriculture Inc. answers questions from a visitor to her display.




Pascal Delaquis from AAFC, Rebecca Zhao from The Oppenheimer Group,
John Zheng from UBC and Yuncai Gao from Neova Technologies Inc.




Jennifer Barley and Shannon Waters from UBC and Ronil Lalji.




Jennifer Barley and Shannon Waters from UBC, Ronil Lalji and Lorraine McIntyre from BCCDC.




Victor Fernandes, Retired, Raj Parmar from Oxoid Canada and Albert Wong from Vancouver Coastal Health.




Steve Boloudakis from bioMerieux Canada Inc. with Julie Wong from the BC Centre for Disease Control.




Stella Obi with Andrea Geere and Alex Montgomery with their display from I.G. MicroMed Enviromental Inc.




BCFPA Treasurer, Lorraine McIntyre introduces guest speaker Dr. Ray Copes as
BCFPA President, Terry Peters looks on.




Dr. Ray Copes, Medical Director, BC Centre for Disease Control.




Annette Moore introduces the next speaker.




Frank Born from Born 3 Marketing Corp.








Frank Born from Born 3 Marketing Corp., Parimal Rana from Nature's Path Food Inc.
and Glenn Lucas from BC Fruit Growers' Association.












Jasmina Egler from Vancouver Coastal Health was the winner of a gift basket courtesy of Larosa Foods.




Barbara Peters from Vancouver Coastal Health accepts her doorprize of a fishing waistcoat from Terry Peters.




Kit Bee Tan from Hain Celestial Canada accepts a doorprize of assorted Greek desserts from Terry Peters.




BCIT Student Dionne Neuman was all smiles as she collected her doorprize consisting of a case of potato chips.




Jerry Hirsch from JH TechRight Consulting Services accepts a doorprize courtesy of BDC
from Terry Peters with Lance Hill at the podium in the background.




Homaida Razack from Go Figure Consulting claims a pullover courtesy of the The Steritech Group Corp.




Kim McLelland from Fraser Health Authority was the winner of a gift basket donated by SGS Canada Ltd.




Sion Shyng, Dr. Ray Copes and Raman Gill.




Kenneth Gisborne, Director, Strategic Development, 3Si Risk Strategies Incorporated.




Keith Warriner, Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science, University of Guelph.




Pascal Delaquis, Research Scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada..




James LeFort from BC Hot House Foods Inc.




Christian Vogl from Shafer-Haggart Ltd.




Terry Peters assists Justin Sherwood from the Canadian Council of Grocery Distributors.








Virginia Jorgenson with Dr. Laugh.




Homaida Razack, Go Figure Consulting.




Sheri Nielson from Quanta Systems Ltd.




Kuljeet Chatta and Albert Wong from Vancouver Coastal Health.




Dr. Laugh lived up to his name and proved to be very entertaining and provided lots of laughter
for those who were able to stayed to enjoy the end of the program.












Bola Fagbamiye from Abell Pest Control Inc. accepts their Sustaining Members
plaque from BCFPA President Terry Peters.




Jasmina Egler accepts a Sustaining Members plaque from Terry Peters on behalf
of the BC Branch of the Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors.



Lance Hill, BCFPA Membership Coordinator and Terry Peters, BCFPA President,
present Raj Parmar of Oxoid Canada with a Sustaining Members plaque.




Karen Rehbein accepts a Sustaining Members plaque from Terry Peters on behalf
of Vancouver Coastal Health Authority.




Annette Moore from Quality First in Agriculture Inc. accepts her annual renewal tag from Terry Peters.




Steve Boloudakis accepts an annual renewal tag on behalf of bioMerieux Canada Inc.








Keir Cordner accepts a Sustaining Members plaque on behalf of Vancouver Island Health Authority.




Richard Barrett accepts a Sustaining Members plaque on behalf of Oxoid Canada.




Nancy Metcalfe accepts her annual renewal tag on behalf of 3M Microbiology.

Lorraine McIntyre, Food Safety Specialist from the BC Centre for Disease Control makes
a noon hour presentation to a group of students including members of our Student Professional
Development Group at the University of British Columbia.




Lorraine spoke about pathogenic organisms responsible for food-borne illness.




Students enjoyed a pizza lunch and drinks during the presentation.












Lorraine has student Anita Wan assist with a visual demonstration of a microbiological technique
for isolating pathogenic organisms for identification.








Anita uses the probe to 'detect' any of the target organisms.




Success!!!




Lorraine explains the technical aspects of the demonstration.

Mr. Jim Strauz, General Manager of Strauss Herbs Ltd. makes his presentation,
"Canadian Natural Health Products Regulation: Implementation and Opportunities".












































Terry Peters. President of BCFPA presents Mr. Jim Strausz with a gift as a token of appreciation.








Terry Peters introduces the next speaker, Lance Hill, from the Health Products & Food Branch of Health Canada.


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Lance begins his presentation, "Food, Drug or Natural Health Product - Choosing a Regulatory Framework?"












Stephanie Chiu, BCFPA Student Group Coordinator and student member Surlinna Lee man the reception desk.
























Lance Hill accepts a gift from Rebecca Robertson of the BC Food Technologists.








Thu Pham, Program Coordinator with BC Food Technologists makes an announcement regarding upcoming events.








Terry Peters looks after the door prize draw.




Terry ends another successful Speaker's Evening with his closing remarks.

Member of the BCFPA Student Group; Yuliana Hermanto, Joanna Christy, Surlinna Lee, Stephanie Chiu
and Gwen Leusink sample some of the product following the tour.




Student Group members Vivian Leung, Patty Liu and Reena Mistry raise glasses in a toast.




Surlinna Lee and Stephanie Chiu are all smiles!




Vivian Leung gives her vote to the Irish Stout while Patty Liu and Reena Mistry look on.

BCFPA President, Terry Peters presents a Bronze Level Sustaining Members plaque to Steve Wittig,
Branch Manager for The Stertitech Group Corp. before he slips away on a call.




Eugena Hao from JR Labs with Inna Zalyvadna of Wood Laboratory Ltd.




Bev Parrish and Sharon Riches both of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.




Peter Moorhouse of Freybe Gourmet Foods visits with staff from Sofina Foods Inc., including founding BCFPA member Pam Mason.




Members of our Student Group enjoy a snack before the program.








Glen Embree, Fraser Health Authority, Lis Vallaster, Vancouver Coastal Health and Keith Campbell,
Canadian Food Inspection Agency check out the food station.




Stephen Buchanan, BC Ministry of Agriculture and Lands visits with Yemi Ogunrinola of Vantage Foods.




Stephen Buchanan, Lynn Wilcott and Alison Speirs who once shared office space have
an opportunity to catch up after having all moved on to new locations.




Kathleen Laberge and Eleni Galanis, BC Centre for Disease Control.




Lawrende Chiu, Technical Manager and Co-op Student, Anastasia Winardi, from FreshXtend Technologies Corp.
pose with Stephanie Chiu, BCFPA Student Professional Development Coordinator.




Kathryn Small, Fraser Health Authority and Alison Speirs BC Ministry of Agriculture and Lands
with Rebecca Robertson, Manager Food Information Service, UBC in the background.




BCFPA President Terry Peters speaks with Dr. Brett Finlay.




Peter Taylor and Shannon Binnie, both from CANTEST Ltd. catch up on the days events while registration progresses.




Annette Moore, Quality First in Agriculture Inc. and Vice President of the BC Food Protection Association,
chats with Richard Smith and Rick Gammer of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency while Andrea Geere
of I.G. MicroMed Environmental Inc. checks out the display.




Dr. Brent Skura from UBC awaits registration while BCFPA Treasurer, Lorraine McIntyre greets
speaker Dr. Brian Radke from the BC Centre for Disease Control.




Pam Mason, Sofina Foods Inc. and Nancy Metcalfe, 3M Canada network before the program begins.




Keith Campbell from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Dr. Brent Skura for UBC
visit while Jennie Chu from Canadian Food Inspection Agency registers.




David Westcott, Anna Piesik, FoodAssure Laboratories Inc. and Jerry Hirsch, JH Techright Consultants.




Ron Kuriyedath, Chief Chemist with SGS Canada Ltd., Yemi Ogunrinola, QA/HACCP Manager,
Rebecca Robertson, Manager Food Information Service, UBC and Theresa Almonte, Manager,
Consumer Testings Services with SGS Canada Ltd. and BCFPA Director.




Peter Moorhouse of Freybe Gourmet Foods, Michael Mensah-Wilson, QA Manager, Maple Leaf Foods Inc.
and BCFPA Director and Ernst Schoeller, C.D.S. Sanitation Ltd.




Nizar Ramji of NR Consultants sits with Surlinna Lee and Ricky Lin, 4th year Food Science students,
who he mentors under the UBC Mentorship Program.




Terry Peters, BCFPA President makes the evenings opening remarks.




The audience listens to the Terry's opening remarks and review of planned events for 2007.












Our display of BCFPA, IAFP and sustaining member material for the evening bolstered with the new Canada's Food Guide.












Dr. B. Brett Finlay, Professor, Michael Smith Laboratories, Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
and Microbiology & Biochemistry, University of British Columbia introduces his presentation.




Dr. Finlay presents on "E.coli 0157:H7 - How does it work and what can we do?"








Dr. Finlay and Terry Peters share a chuckle with the audience.




Terry Peters, BCFPA President makes a presentation to Dr. Finlay on behalf of BCFPA.




BCFPA Membership Coordinator, Lance Hill assists Terry Peters in making presentation of plaques to Sustaining Members.




Steve Francis accepts a plaque from Terry Peters, BCFPA President on behalf of McDonald's
Restaurants of Canada Ltd., recognizing their Silver Level Sustaining Membership.




Yemi Ogunrinola, Director with Bronze Level Sustaining Member BC Food Processors Association
accepts a plaque on their behalf from Terry Peters.




Terry Peters, BCFPA President presents a sustaining members plaque to Bronze Level Sustaining
Member, Peter Moorhouse of Freybe Gourmet Food.




Lucy Budhoo and Susan Schleicher from Fraser Health Authority share smiles.




Theresa Almonte, SGS Canada Ltd. networks with Anne McCannel from BC Institute of Technology.




Steve Francis, Manager of OHS for McDonald's Restaurants of Canada Ltd. speaks with
Lance Hill and Annette Moore about BCFPA.




Dr. Brian Radke Public Health Veterinarian, BC Centre for Disease Controls makes his
presentation on "Bacterial Surveillance of Retail Meat - Results from CIPARS".




The audience listens to Dr. Radke make his presentation.








BCFPA Student Coordinator, Stephanie Chiu takes a break after helping with registration.




Dr. Brian Radke answers questions following his presentation.

BCFPA Student Coordinator, Stephanie Chiu and BCFPA Membership Coordinator, Lance Hill in the background
speak to students about our association and opportunities to network with prospective employers.




Stephanie and Lance answer questions while students view our display.




Stephanie speaks to a fellow student about BCFPA.




BCFPA Treasurer, Lorraine McIntyre discusses membership benefits with a student.




BCFPA Student Coordinator, Stephanie Chiu and BCFPA President, Terry Peters in front of our display.

Members of our SPDG were led on a nutrition tour by Dietitian/Nutritionist, Harmeet Mundra at the Save-On Foods outlet in Richmond.