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together, we’ll help your company assess product safety, assure quality, guard against contamination and spoilage, verify products and processes, keep your costs under control and empower employees through education programs. Stop by our booth and learn about our total program approach to food safety. Society for Applied Microbiology Bedford Heights Brickhill Drive Bedford, MK 41 7PH, United Kingdom Phone: 44.1234.32.6661 http://www.sfam.org.uk 420 or inspections, data collection can now be performed utilizing Steton’s industry leading software for mobile computer devices. Faster, more accurate data collection is an immediate benefit, but the real advantages are early trend indentification, automatically generated real-time reports, instant notification of non-compliant issues, and comprehensive corrective action management. When you invest in Steton, you make the strongest possible commitment to protect your most valuable assets – people, products, and brands. Strategic Diagnostics Inc. 111 Pencader Drive Newark, DE 19702-3322, USA Phone: 302.456.6789 http://www.sdix.com 119 & 121 Fax: 44.1234.32.6678 The organization is the oldest microbiological society in the United Kingdom; it was formed in 1931. It is an international society with over 1,500 members from at least eighty different countries. The mission of the society is to advance the science and be the voice of applied microbiology. This is primarily achieved by holding scientific meetings, publishing five peer-reviewed journals and also a members’ magazine and finally awarding a variety of grants to members. The society is an incorporated body and also a registered charity. The members of the society are from many diverse areas within microbiology, which include food, environmental, water, academia, plant, soil, biotechnology, pharmaceutical and human and animal health. Springer 233 Spring St. New York, NY 10013-1578, USA Phone: 212.460.1500 http://www.springer.com 214 Fax: 302.456.6782 At SDI, you will find accurate, simple and rapid testing methods to meet all of your pathogen testing needs. We are a leading provider of antibody products and analytical test kits for the food safety, water quality and environmental markets. Our RapidChek® test kits for E. coli O157, including H7, Listeria spp., SELECT Salmonella and Salmonella make it easy to find what you are looking for in a pathogen test. They are easy to use and give you accurate results in minutes, not hours. For more information stop by our booth 119 at IAFP . Simply Accurate. Takara Bio Clontech 5980 Executive Drive Madison, WI 53719, USA Phone: 608.441.2844 http://www.takarabiousa.com 608 Fax: 212.460.1575 Fax: 608.441.2845 Springer is the largest international publisher of scientific books with a portfolio of 4,500 new books per year and more than 1,400 journals. Take your research and skills to the next level with Springer Food Sciences products. Stop by our booth to discover an authoritative range of journals, books, and major reference works in the field of food protection. Have a look at electronic sample copies of our journals and take advantage of our 20% conference discount on books. Stericycle 2670 Executive Drive, Suite A Indianapolis, IN 46241, USA Phone: 877.860.1200 http://www.stericycle.com 606 Fax: 866.503.1216 Stericycle’s advanced technologies and industry leading experts provide the most comprehensive and compliant solutions available in product recall, return, communication and retrieval. Stericycle can respond quickly and efficiently to a variety of product retrieval challenges in order to protect customers, as well as the brand. Through its strategic alliance with RQA, Stericycle can mobilize thousands of expert field representatives across North America to manage consumer complaints or product withdrawals and critical recalls. Stericycle can provide peace of mind during the course of a recall by conducting On-Site Effectiveness Checks to ensure compliance and removal of affected product within the distribution channel. Steton 912 W. 1600 S, Suite A200 St. George, UT 84770, USA Phone: 435.627.5097 http://www.steton.com 201 Fax: 435.656.5680 Clontech Laboratories, Inc., a Takara Bio Company, develops, manufactures and distributes genetic engineering research reagents under the Takara and Clontech brands. We offer a variety of products, including a high performance line of PCR Reagents (Ex Taq™ and LA Taq™ – Takara brand) (Titanium™ and Advantage® – Clontech brand); RT enzymes and library construction kits; the innovative In-Fusion Cloning system. As well as the MachereyNagel range of nucleic acid purification products and Human Gentic Signatures’ DNA methylation kits. These products support applications such as gene discovery, regulation, and function; protein expression and purification; food and plant research; and RNAi studies. Of special note are PCR based food pathogen detection and/or screening kits including: Campylobacter cdt gene, Salmonella inv A gene, Bacillus anthracis, Mycoplamsa, and Verocytotoxin. University of Wisconsin–Madison Food Research Institute 106 1550 Linden Drive–MSB #1315 Madison, WI 53706-1521, USA Phone: 608.263.7777 Fax: 608.263.1114 http://www.wisc.edu/fri The Food Research Institute is the portal to food safety at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Our resources include expertise in microbiology, food science, dairy science, meat science, veterinary medicine, plant pathology, and allergy. FRI conducts basic and applied research on foodborne bacteria, molds, protozoa and viruses; we focus on microbial and toxin detection systems, preharvest and post-harvest intervention strategies, and mitigating diet-related diseases. Our sponsors participate in collaborative research with FRI faculty and the highly regarded Applied Food Safety Laboratory, which works with Listeria, Clostridium, Bacillus, enterohemmorhagic E. coli, Staphylococcus, and Salmonella in a wide variety of refrigerated and shelf-stable foods. We are a recognized process authority for pasteurized process cheese products. Customized literature reviews and training sessions and industry sabbaticals are also available. Steton elevates brand protection with the business intelligence required by executives to proactively reduce risk and ensure compliance. Steton is changing the way professionals in the food industry manage quality, safety, regulatory compliance, and risk. 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