EpiX at the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) 2026 Annual Meeting July 26-29 in New Orleans, Louisiana. This year, our team shared work on practical, risk-based approaches to food safety, including Salmonella prevention, detection, and mitigation across food systems using risk modeling, genomics, and AI.

𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬
📍 T6-05: 𝘽𝙚𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚: 𝘼 𝙍𝙞𝙨𝙠-𝘽𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙎𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙖𝙡𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙖 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙖𝙧 𝙏𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙋𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙧𝙮 – Tuesday, July 28, 1:30 PM. Presenter: Dr. Francisco J. Zagmutt
📍 T9-06: 𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙋𝙧𝙚-𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙎𝙖𝙡𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙖 𝙍𝙞𝙨𝙠 𝙍𝙚𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙈𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝘼𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙐.𝙎. 𝘽𝙚𝙚𝙛 𝙎𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙨 – Wednesday, July 29, 8:45 AM. Presenter: Dr. Dan Taylor

𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬
📌 P1-020: 𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘾𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙖 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙄𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙀𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙖𝙡𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙖 𝙋𝙤𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙋𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙣. Poster Session 1: Monday, July 27
📌 P1-097: 𝙄𝙣-𝙎𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙤 𝙀𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙎𝙞𝙢𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙖𝙡𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙖 𝙑𝙞𝙧𝙪𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙈𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙏𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙐𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙖𝙧 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙁𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙨. Poster Session 1: Monday, July 27.

𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐫
📍 T2: 𝘼𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙚𝙩 𝙁𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙎𝙖𝙛𝙚𝙩𝙮. Monday, July 27, 12:30–4:15 PM. Technical Session Co-Convened by: Dr. Francisco Zagmutt and Dr. Alvin Lee