Seafood: Assessing the Benefits and Risks

Seafood: Assessing the Benefits and Risks

<p> Save the Date Rutgers Cooperative Extension will present a conference: “Seafood: Assessing the Benefits and Risks” A conference on the current research related to the potential chemicals compounds found in some seafood, both the good and the not so good.</p><p>Tuesday , June 8, 2004 8:30 am – 4:00 pm Cook Campus Center Cook College New Brunswick, NJ</p><p>Presenters:</p><p>What is Good Science, and how does it relate to food consumption”. Keith Cooper, PhD. Acting Executive Dean of Cook College. </p><p>Overview of NJ Commercial Fishing Industry and basic seafood safety. Gef Flimlin. Marine Extension Agent, Rutgers Cooperative Extension.</p><p>Panel Discussion: How are seafood consumption limits and advisories determined? Alan Stern, Dr. PH, NJ DEP Division of Science, Research and Technology; Dr. David Acheson, MD, Director of Food Safety and Security, USFDA; James F. Pendergast, PE, Chief, Health Protection and Modeling Branch, Office of Water, EPA.</p><p>Industry response to seafood advisories. Alex Trent, Salmon for the Americas; Bob Collette, National Fisheries Institute.</p><p>Seafood Preparation Demonstration </p><p>Lunch. Seafood, of course. Should We Tell People to Eat Fish? Joyce Nettleton D.Sc., RD., ScienceVoice Consulting, Denver, CO.</p><p>Assessing and managing the risks associated with eating seafood. Donald W. Schaffner PhD., Extension Specialist, Rutgers, Food Risk Analysis Initiative. </p><p>Risk = Hazard + Outrage: Talking to People about Food Scares. Peter Sandman, PhD, Risk Communication Consultant, Princeton, NJ.</p><p>How does the media deal with food advisories? Jim Morris, Rutgers Office of Continuing Professional Education; Eric Scott, NJ101.5 radio; Michele McGinley-- US Dairy Association.</p><p>Fortification of foods with marine Omega-3 fatty acids: Food Technology issues. Mukund Karwe, PhD., Rutgers Center for Applied Food Technology.</p><p>Continuing Education Credits for the American Dietetic Association have been applied for.</p><p>Co-Sponsorship for the program from: NJ Department of Agriculture, Rutgers Food Innovation Research and Extension Group, NJ Aquaculture Association, Garden State Seafood Association, Blue Water Fishermen’s Association, the Fisheries Research Institute, Lunds Fisheries, and Exportfish.</p><p>For further information, please call Gef Flimlin at 732-349-1152 or email at [email protected]. Directions to the conference are available at http://www.rutgers.edu/kiosk/directions/CCC.html.</p>

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