Final Program Finalized for KSU’s Methyl Bromide and Alternatives in Food Plants Workshop
The Kansas State University workshop titled “Methyl Bromide and Alternatives in Food Plants: Past, Present, and Future Practical pest management methods for 2010 and beyond,” takes place May 11- 13 at the International Grains Program and Conference Center.
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The program has been finalized and is as follows:
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
7:15 AM Pick-up from hotel lobby to workshop site
7:30 – 8:00 AM Continental breakfast and Registration
8:00 – 8:30 AM Welcome and introductions Dirk Maier
Keynote presentation
8:30 – 9:30 AM Green pest management in the food industry Jeff Weier
Regulatory Issues
9:30 – 10:00 AM Methyl bromide critical use application Colwell Cook
process
10:00– 10:30 AM Refreshment break
10:30 – 11:00 AM Methyl bromide re-registration status Rick Keigwin
11:00 – 11:45 PM Methyl bromide label changes David McAllister/
Mary Howland
11:45 – 1:00 PM Lunch (Touch of Italy-provided)
1:00 – 1:30 PM Hal Ross Flour Mill Jeffrey Gwirtz/Sam
Hanni
1:30 – 2:30 PM Mill tour prior to fumigation Jeffrey Gwirtz
(4 teams: check colored dots on your name Bh. Subramanyam
Badge) Sam Hanni
Wat Chayaprasert
2:30 – 2:45 PM Refreshment break
Methyl bromide application/uses
2:45 – 3:15 PM Methyl bromide, alternatives, and Spencer Walse
invasive/quarantine pest research in the
San Joaquin Valley
3:15 – 3:45 PM APHIS Methyl bromide alternative QPS Mike Hennessey
Treatment method development highlights
2010
3:45 – 4:15 PM ISPM-15 Edgar Deomano
4:15 – 4:45 PM Port fumigations Kurt Reichert
5:00 PM View methyl bromide gas release by IFC Hal Ross Mill
5:30 PM Return to Holiday Inn
6:30 PM Social hour at Holiday Inn
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
7:15 AM Pick-up from hotel lobby to workshop site
7:30 – 8:00 AM Continental breakfast
General
8:00 – 8:30 AM Pest management standards for food plants Pamela Peckman
(plus methyl bromide fumigation details)
8:30 – 9:00 AM The Global Food Safety Initiative Maureen Olewnik
Atmospheric research and modeling
9:00 - 9:45 AM Methyl bromide: atmospheric levels and Shari Yvon-Lewis
sources
9:45 – 10:15 AM Atmospheric modeling of fumigants Rick Reiss
10:15 – 10:30 AM Refreshment break
10:30 – 11:00 AM Risk mitigation and recovery systems Gary Knapp
for methyl bromide
11:00 – 11:30 AM Measurement of global warming potential Mads Andersen
of fumigants
11:30 – 12:00 PM Questions and answer session
12:00 – 1:00 PM Lunch (South of the border-provide)
Safety and stewardship program
1:00 – 1:30 PM Methyl bromide safety Pamela Peckman
1:30 – 2:00 PM Methyl bromide stewardship program Mary Howland
Methyl bromide alternatives
2:00 – 2:30 PM Methyl bromide alternatives research Ken Vick
by USDA
2:30 – 2:45 PM Refreshment break
2:45 – 3:15 PM Sulfuryl fluoride update: Diverse uses for
commodity protection Ellen Thoms
3:15 – 3:45 PM Sulfuryl fluoride: Regulatory update David Barnekow
3:45 – 4:30 PM Advances in successful sulfuryl fluoride John Mueller
fumigation, and systems fumigation
4:30 – 5:00 PM Methyl bromide and sulfuryl fluoride gas Dirk Maier/Wat
leakage rates from structures Chayaprasert
5:15 PM Return to Holiday Inn
6:30 – 9:00 PM Banquet at Holiday Inn
Presentation “Maintaining integrity and quality Rick Bucker
of organic grains from producer to processor”
Thursday, May 13, 2010
7:45 AM Pick-up from hotel lobby to workshop site
8:00 – 8:30 AM Continental breakfast
General
8:30 – 9:00 AM Stored-product insect pest management James Throne
research at USDA-CGAHR, Manhattan, KS
Methyl bromide alternatives research (continued)
9:00 – 9:30 AM Effectiveness of methyl bromide, sulfuryl Bh. Subramanyam/
fluoride, and heat treatment against life Joe Malone
stages of the red flour beetle
9:30 – 10:00 AM Effectiveness of aerosols for insect control in Frank Arthur
the food industry
10:00 – 10:15 AM Refreshment break
10:15 – 10:45 AM Traps for gauging fumigation effectiveness in James Campbell
commercial facilities
10:45 – 11:15 AM Modeling insect population rebounds Paul Flinn
11:15 – 11:45 AM Perceptions from end user groups on Pamela Peckman
methyl bromide and alternatives
12:00 Noon Adjourn