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2025 Listeria Workshop



Event Details

Date

August 15, 2025

Time

8:30am - 4:30pm

Location

Wallington Fire District
7863 Ridge Rd
Sodus, NY 14551

Cost

Registration : $40.00

(addl attendee $40.00 ea.)

3 people per packinghouse/business maximum

Host

Lake Ontario Fruit Program



Join Cornell specialists, faculty, and graduate students for an in-depth review of risk factors, best practices, and monitoring programs aimed at controlling Listeria in apple packinghouses. Lunch is included.  Each packinghouse/business is permitted a maximum of three attendees.

Agenda

Morning Session: Wallington Fire District, 7863 Ridge Rd., Sodus, NY 14551

8:00 AM  Registration & Refreshments

8:30 AM  Welcome & Introductions - Craig Kahlke, CCE-LOF

8:45 AM  Listeria in the Produce Packhouse Environment

                         Dr. Abby Snyder, Associate Professor, Cornell University

                   Teach-Back Exercise Overview

                         Dr. Betsy Bihn, Director, Produce Safety Alliance, Cornell University

10:00 AM  Break

10:15 AM  Cleaning and Sanitation

                      Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) Case Study

                         Calvin Slaughter, Graduate Student, Cornell University

 

11:15 AM  Verification with Environmental Monitoring Programs

                         Lyle Massoia, Graduate Student, Cornell University

12:15 PM  Additional Q & A 

12:30 PM  Lunch

1:30 PM    Drive to Wayne County Fruit Sales

Afternoon Session: Wayne County Fruit Sales, 5930 Shaker Rd, North Rose, NY 14516

1:45-2:15 PM     Packinghouse Tour & Description of Break-Out Sessions

Breakout Sessions (2:15-4:15 PM): 20 Minutes per activity

  Case Study Identifying Listeria monocytogenes Risk Factors in Packinghouses 

               Lyle Massoia & Calvin Slaughter, Graduate Students, Cornell University

  Teach-Back Exercise

               Dr. Betsy Bihn, Director, Produce Safety Alliance, Cornell

  Cleaning of Roller Brushes & Areas Adjacent to Food Contact Surfaces 

                 Dr. Abby Snyder, Associate Professor, Cornell University 

  Using ATP Testing to Verify Cleaning Effectiveness    

                  Lyle Massoia, Graduate Student, Cornell University

  Sanitizer Concentration Verification         

                  Calvin Slaughter, Graduate Student, Cornell University

  Proper Cleaning of Drains

                   Dr. Betsy Bihn, Director, Produce Safety Alliance, Cornell University




Workshop Agenda (PDF; 119KB)

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2025 Cornell Winter Fruit Webinar Recordings

Recordings now available on the NYIPM YouTube Channel 2025 Cornell Winter Webinar playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ccj8IT-8eI&list=PLoNb8lODb49u16HwAqx7Y_TS5S3vdkrON

SPARC Survey

Interested in strengthening pome fruit resilience to climate? Check out what 22 scientists from six states are joining forces to accomplish. Learn more and help support this effort by taking a quick survey at https://lof.cce.cornell.edu/submission.php?id=948&crumb=crops|crops|apples|crop*38

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Have you missed a meeting recently? Scroll down for available recordings or pdf links or visits our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/LakeOntarioFruitProgram

2025 Events:

15 Aug - Controlling Listeria in Apple Packinghouses Workshop - Wayne Co., 8:30am-4:30pm, Registration Closed!

19 Aug - Cornell Storage Workshop - Geneva, Registration Open!


Webinar Recordings & Additional Meeting Materials

Check out the recordings of some recent webinars and/or conference materials from in person events: Recordings and Playlists are available at https://www.youtube.com/c/LakeOntarioFruitProgram


Recording of Precision Apple Cropload MANagement PACMAN technologies at the 2nd Annual WNY Fruit Grower Tour. https://youtu.be/yE6thvf4z0E

2024 Virtual Orchard Meetup Series - Water Wisdom: 






2024 Winter Fruit Webinars playlist on the NYS IPM Program YouTube Channel


PACMAN Details and Resources, Meeting Recording Links below:




Business Updates



Scaffolds podcast

Many of you probably read Art Agnello's statewide tree fruit updates and recommendations newsletter, "Scaffolds". Dr. Monique Rivera is bringing it back, but in a new audio version. Episode one was recorded this week, and is now available for free online at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scaffolds


NYS Tree Decline Survey

Your answers could help find the solution to tree decline in the orchard.

Food Safety Virtual Office Hours

Cornell Institute of Food Safety "Virtual Office Hours", Tuesdays Noon to 1pm https://cals.cornell.edu/institute-for-food-safety/resources/virtual-office-hours

Past recorded virtual office hours can be found on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZJs5b7KUuvfcquH3ZtQHo5dSmF2m5MdQ


Pollinator Resouces

Now available Pollinator Resource Links


Meeting Recordings Now Available

Did you miss the recent meeting?  Check and see if we recorded it and added it to our website or Lake Ontario Fruit Program YouTube Channel.

Honeycrisp Meetup recordings available here.

Why are my trees growing so poorly? recording available here.

Additional Recorded Webinars listing with recording and resource link are available at



New Publication on Growing Pawpaws

Are you a fan of pawpaws? These custardy fruits can be hard to come across, so this guide provides information on how to grow your own pawpaw from seed, and how to care for grafted seedlings. Pdf on growing now available.​ https://lof.cce.cornell.edu/submission.php?id=799&crumb=crops|crops|unusual_fruit|crop*50

New Weed Management Technology Survey

Want to move away from herbicide reliance? Are you using novel technologies to manage weeds? We want to know about it to inform our weed science research. A team of weed scientists from University of California Davis, Oregon State University, and Cornell University are asking berry, tree fruit, tree nut, and vine crop growers to take 5 to 10 minutes and answer this short and anonymous survey. Weed Technology Survey link: https://cornell.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bEpfAijoP7puQDP

For more information on this survey please visit http://blogs.cornell.edu/swd1/2020/12/02/new-weed-management-technology/


Pollinator Webinar Series - Summer 2020

The Pollinator Webinar Series presented by Penn State cover bee health and pollination services.



Bloom Pesticides for Pollinator Health

A reference table created by Janet van Zoeren and Anna Wallis, is now available at https://lof.cce.cornell.edu/submission.php?id=711&crumb=pests|pests.