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SUMMARY:Coat to Protect or Print to Detect: Phage-based Smart paper to Enh
 ance Food Safety - Dr Hany Anany\, Canadian Research Institute for Food Sa
 fety\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Canada
DTSTART:20170119T161500Z
DTEND:20170119T164500Z
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CONTACT:Ilana Spilka
DESCRIPTION:Recent years have witnessed a large number of foodborne outbre
 aks and food product recalls in many countries. The ability of the pathoge
 n to survive and/or grow under unfavorable conditions and the development 
 of resistant strains with new virulence factors\, represent a formidable c
 hallenge to food processing industries in marketing safe food products. Th
 e use of bacteriophages has been emerged as a promising technology to enha
 nce food safety. For biocontrol in the food industry\, phages are currentl
 y being delivered by spraying the product\, which has some limitations. To
  reduce dissemination of bacteriophage in the food processing environment\
 , which may ultimately give rise to phage resistant host cells\, oriented 
 immobilization of phage on low cost\, solid substrates like paper may be a
  good alternative to provide persistent and effective control of potential
  pathogens. Immobilization would also help to enhance the sensitivity of d
 etection of the target pathogen using phage-based detection approaches. In
  this context\, this presentation will discuss briefly our trials of using
  immobilized phages to develop phage-based bioactive paper for detection a
 nd control of foodborne pathogens
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