9-9:15 a.m. Breakfast
9:15-11:55 a.m. 2nd laboratory session (mornings group)
11:55 a.m.-12:05 p.m. Break
12:05-12:50 p.m. Ms. Cristina Costa Expósito (Enginyeria i Consultoria Costa, Vic, Barcelona):
• Third-country requirements for meat and meat products export: microbiological criteria, drug residues, CCP and cleaning management
1-1:10 p.m. Group photo, by Pixelker (and T-shirts by Isona Imatge i Protecció)
1:10-2:40 p.m. Lunch
2:40-5:05 p.m. Microbiology companies · exhibition (Yersin group):
• Condagene: quick pathogen detection by qPCR (Condalab)
• Implementation of technologies in food testing (Illumina Productos España)
• Food safety and food protection: a global perspective (Thermo Fisher Scientific)
5:05-5:15 p.m. Break
5:15-6 p.m. Dr. Julio César Lamela Pérez (JL Consultorías / Cooperativa Nacional de Productores de Leche –Conaprole–, Montevideo, Uruguay):
• Cross-contamination in the food industry. Practical cases
6-6:30 p.m. Open discussion about instrumentation in food microbiology, world trade trends, and other current topics. Conclusions. Participants:
• Chairman: Dr. José Juan Rodríguez Jerez (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra –Cerdanyola del Vallès–, Barcelona)
• Mr. David Tomás Fornés (Working Group on Standardisation in food chain microbiology, Valencia)
• Ms. Itzíar Olea García (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Madrid)
• Mr. Jaime Martínez Martínez (Condalab, Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid)
• Mr. Rubén Melgarejo Ibáñez (Illumina Productos España, Madrid)
6:30 p.m. Official adjournment of the workshop: celebration