Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety

Updates:

Guelph Food Safety Seminars: - Next seminar: February 8, 2006 10:00 a.m. Title: Microbiological Safety of Sprouted Seeds: Current Status and Future Directions - Speaker: Dr. Keith Warriner, Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science, University of Guelph - Location: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, 1 Stone Road West, Guelph, Ontario, Conference Rooms 1 and 2. For poster click here - For map click here - For seminar series schedule 2006, click here---For past presentations, short films from 2005 - click here

A Team Approach to Food Safety - One Day Symposium, September 22, 2005. For speaker biographies click here. - For presentations click here

Towards A National Food Safety Strategy - a one day symposium was held on March 21st, 2005. The Worshop Recommendations document is now available as a PDF file. For English click here. - For French click here ---- For presentations click here.
March 21st, 2005eminar Dates for 2005, click here

Needs, Gaps, and Opportunities Assessment (NGOA)
for Microbial Risk Assessment in Food and Water - PDF file added March 2005 - for PDF file click here

A One Day Symposium: Beyond HACCP: How can present food safety systems be improved at all points along the food chain? Sept. 15th, 2004 for presentations click here- for photos from 2004 click here

CRIFS Symposium 2003 for photos click here

CRIFS Brochure - 2004-05

CRIFS is dedicated to the generation of new knowledge through basic and applied research, to the training of scientists and to providing information and expertise applicable to all sectors of the food industry. CRIFS' goal is to improve safety and quality by providing sound scientific information, research and development, food safety alerts and technology.

Sign at entrance to CRIFS

CRIFS is based in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, where substantial investment by the University of Guelph, Federal and Provincial governments and the food industry has created one of the finest centres for food safety in North America. Some of the associated organisations are:

All CRIFS inquiries can be made to:

Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety
University of Guelph
43 McGilvray St.
Guelph, Ontario
Canada N1G 2W1

Telephone: 519-824-4120 ext. 58010
Fax: 519-763-0952
Email: crifs@uoguelph.ca