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.

Lorraine McIntyre, Food Safety Specialist from the BC Centre for Disease Control maks 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 luch and drinks during the presentation.

Lorraine has student Anita Wan assist with a visual demonstration of a microbiogical 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 s a token of appreciation.

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

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.

Thum Pham, Program Coordinator wih 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.

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

The registration table.

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 preents 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 sustainimg 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 abreak after helping with registration.

Dr. Brian Radke answers questions following his presentation.