Special Session of Food Industry Virtual Office Hours
Tuesday, April 27, 2021 | 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm (Eastern time US & Canada)
Save-the-date for a special session of Food Industry Virtual Office Hours co-hosted by the IFS@CU and the New York Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence, focusing on how to increase vaccine acceptance. Invited speaker and panelist Dr. Neil Lewis, Jr., assistant professor of communication and social behavior at Cornell University, will discuss his work to increase vaccine acceptance before we open the floor for our regular Q & A and facilitated discussion to address questions on COVID-19. Joining Dr. Lewis on the panel for the Q & A will be subject matter experts in sanitation, epidemiology, microbiology, virology, food safety culture, and the food safety of dairy foods, fresh fruits and vegetables, and processed foods and beverages.
Intended audience: Open to anyone in the food industry from farm to fork.
Cost: Free
Registration required: cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIlduiorDIuEtEasFi31StWnBHMgbdea4MN
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information to join the session.
Subject matter experts who will address questions:
Cornell University
- Dr. Sam Alcaine, Assistant Professor of Food Science (Moderator)
- Dr. Elizabeth Bihn, Senior Extension Associate of Food Science
- Dr. Neil Lewis, Jr., Assistant Professor of Communication and Social Behavior
- Dr. Olga Padilla-Zakour, Professor of Food Science
- Dr. Aljosa Trmcic, Extension Associate of Food Science
- Dr. Martin Wiedmann, Gellert Family Professor in Food Safety
Invited Panelists
- Dr. Ruth Petran, CFS, Ruth Petran Consulting, LLC.
- Dr. Kalmia Kniel, Professor of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Delaware
Food Industry Office Hours is supported in part by USDA NIFA AFRI Grant NO: 2020-68006-32875/ Accession no. 1024254 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in these office hours are those of the participant(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
