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Food and Nutrition

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Workshop Overview

1.1 Background

1.2 Program

2. Workshop Summary

2.1 Day 1

2.2 Day 2

2.3 Day 3

3. Workshop Outcomes

4. Workshop Recommendations

5. Appendix 1: Report on Presentations - Day 1 and Day 2

5.1 Workshop Purpose

5.2 Plenary Session

  • Foodborne Illness Outbreak Detection and Response
  • eLEXNET - A National Laboratory Exchange Network for Food Safety
  • UK Surveillance for Chemical Residues in Foods
  • Questions and Answers

5.3 Platform Session I

  • Activities of the Quebec Centre for Food Inspection and Animal Health in Regards to Chemical Contamination of Food
  • Chemical Residue Surveillance Activities by the Food Safety Division/Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
  • Ontario's Surveillance of Chemical Contaminants in Foods
  • Questions and Answers

5.4 Platform Session II

  • Northern Contaminants Program - Monitoring in the Arctic
  • Safety Assurance of Canadian Grains
  • Integrating Water Quality Monitoring in Canada
  • Questions and Answers

5.5 Platform Session III

  • Chemical Surveillance in Foods: What's the Problem, What's the Question?
  • Present and Future Surveillance Activities of Chemical Contaminants by the Quebec National Institute of Public Health
  • Questions and Answers

5.6 Platform Session IV

  • Monitoring/Surveillance Programs in the Canadian Food Inspection Agency
  • Bureau of Chemical Safety: Monitoring/Surveillance Program
  • Questions and Answers

5.7 Breakout Session Introduction

  • Canadian Total Diet Study
  • Questions and Answers

6. Appendix 2: Summary of Write-in Questions and Answers

7. Appendix 3: Chairpersons' Reports on Breakout Sessions

7.1 Planning and Prioritization

7.2 Coordination of sampling, Processing and Analysis

7.3 Results