| 08h00 - 08h50 | REGISTRATION, TEA & COFFEE |
| Session 1 Chair: Prof Gunnar Sigge, Department of Food Science, Stellenbosch University, SAAFoST Past President (2010 - 2013) |
| 08h50 - 09h00 | Opening, Welcome, Announcements | Prof Gunnar Sigge
Department of Food Science, Stellenbosch University |
| 09h00 - 09h40 | Why Listeria monocytogenes Matters. | Dr Lucia Anelich
Anelich Consulting |
| 09h40 - 10h20 | Supply Chain Legal Obligations. | Janusz Luterek
Hahn & Hahn Attorneys |
| 10h20 - 11h00 | An Overview of the 2017-2018 Listeriosis Outbreak. | Dr Lucia Anelich on behalf of Juno Thomas
National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) |
| 11h00 - 11h30 | NETWORKING TEA & COFFEE |
| Session 2 Chair: Jessica Kemp, Deli Spices and SAAFoST Cape Branch Chair, 2017-2019 |
| 11h30 - 12h10 | Lifestyle choices of Listeria monocytogenes. | Prof Pieter Gouws
Department of Food Science, Stellenbosch University |
| 12h10 - 12h50 | Effective cleaning and disinfection programs to control and prevent listeria in a food processing environment. | Irene Neave
ECOLAB, Applications Manager F&B |
| 12h50 - 13h30 | Listeria Risk: the Role of Whole Genomic Sequencing | Dr Jérôme Combrisson
Biofortis Merieux NutriScience,. France |
| 13h30 - 14h20 | NETWORKING LUNCH |
| Session 3 Chair: Grant Momplé, Private Consultant & SAAFoST Cape Branch Committee |
| 14h20 - 15h00 | Pathogen Reduction & Monitoring: How Much is Enough? | Blaine van Rensburg
Group Executive Production, Sovereign Foods |
| 15h00 - 15h35 | A Canadian outbreak of listeriosis due to deli-meat: Driving change in the Canadian food safety system | Prof Jeff Farber
Department of Food Science, Director, Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety (CRIFS), University of Guelph, Canada |
| 15h35 - 16h30 | Panel Discussion
Thanks & Closure |
| 16h30 | AFTERNOON TEA & COFFEE |
