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CURRICULUM VITAE del Lic. Ricardo Alberto Sobol
(June 2008 update)
I) EDUCATION
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High-school degree: Chemistry technician graduated from "Industrias
Químicas" National School of Technical Education Nº 1, Avellaneda.
- Undergraduate studies: Bachelor of food technology, graduated in 1974 from the
School of Agricultural Sciences, Universidad Argentina de la Empresa (UADE)
Post Graduate Courses:
- 1975 - 1976: Diploma in Food Technology from the Professional Studies Course
at the Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology, under the administration
of the Council for Scientific Research and "Juan de la Cierva" Foundation for
Technical Research, Valencia, Spain.
- 1999 - 2000: Specialist in Safety and Quality of Agrifoods based on the 1 ½-year
program delivered by the School of Veterinary, Buenos Aires University, co-organized
by PAHO/WTO, ANMAT and SENASA; all in-class activities attended/ all module and
integration exams passed.
- 2007: Specialist in Food Quality Management Auditing, El Salvador University -
IRAM - INTA.II)
II) SCHOLARSHIPS
- 1975/1976 - Ten-month scholarship granted by the General Direction of
International Technical Cooperation of the Spanish Foreign Affairs Ministry with
the aim to attend the aforementioned postgraduate courses.
- 1976 - One-month scholarship granted by the Permanent Advisory Office for
International Technical Assistance of the Spanish Ministry of Labor, with the
aim to conduct studies on the industrialization of shellfish.
III) TEACHING BACKGROUND
TEACHING BACKGROUND
- Full professor of Basic I at the training course for Lab Technicians of the
National Public Health Ministry.
- Volunteer assistant professor of Organic Chemistry, School of Agricultural
Sciences, UADE, 1971.
- Remunerated assistant professor of Organic Chemistry, School of Agricultural
Sciences, UADE, 1972 - 1973.
- In charge of "Introduction to Food Microbiology", a two-month course organized
by the Teaching Action Department of Publitec S.A.
- Professor of Food Microbiology in the first Masters course on Food Technology
organized by UCA School of Agricultural Sciences, 1977.
- Special Lecturer on Food Industry Quality Control and Vegetable Canning
Technologies at the postgraduate course for health care professionals "Food, in sickness and in Heath" organized by the UBA Medical School Alumni Department,
sponsored by the Public Health Ministry.
- Special Lecturer on Food Safety Aspects of Frozen Foods at the Nutritionist
and Dietician training programs, Buenos Aires University, 1987.
- Professor in charge of the courses on "Microbiology of Ice Creams" at the
International Ice Cream Fair, 1986.
- Professor of the "Food hygiene and Preservation" courses hosted by the
Argentine Gastronomy Foundation, 1988.
- Professor of "Food Hygiene" at the Professional Food Production course hosted
by the International Catering Service (Swissair) in Buenos Aires, since 1987 to
present.
- Professor of "Introduction to Food Hygiene" at the River Plate Restaurants
Alliance, June 1990
- Professor of the "Food Specifications, Hygiene and Preservation" course at the
Argentine Tourist Hotel Association, August, 1990.
- Professor of "Microbiological Aspects" at the "Production of Cooked Pressed
Meats" course organized by the INTI Meet Research and Technology Center, August,
1990.
- Professor of "Food Control" at the Aeronautics Medicine course for Physicians,
held by the Argentine Institute of Aeronautics and Space Medicine, September,
1990.
- Professor of "Hygiene in Industrial Food Production", "Canned foods" and "Additives";
coordinator of the "Food Industrialization" course hosted by the Argentine
Association of Dieticians and Nutritionists, October and November, 1990.
- Lecturer on Food Hygiene for the subject "Food Service Administration" at the
UBA Medical School of Nutritionists and Dieticians, October, 1991.
- Lecturer on "Microbiology of Meat Products" included in the subject "Food
Microbiology", School of Pharmacy, UBA, November, 1991.
- Lecturer on "In-flight Catering Hygiene" at the MERCOSUR Seminar on
International Food Trade and Food-borne Diseases organized by PRONAPAL, December
11 to 13, 1991.
- Special lecturer on the module "Problems in food Microbiology" (12 hours) in
the postgraduate course organized by the School of Exact Sciences of the
Universidad de Nordeste and the School of Biochemists of the Province of
Corrientes, April, 1993.
- Special lectures on Microbiology of Refrigerated Foods" at the School of
Nutritionists and Dieticians, UBA, March 1994.
- Special lecturer on "Refrigerated Ready-made Foods and Catering", Food
Microbiology postgraduate course, Animal Sciences doctorate degree course at the
School of Veterinary Sciences, Universidad Nacional del Centro, September
29,1995, Tandil, Buenos Aires.
- Lecturer on "Health Risks in Ready-made Food Production" in the course
"food-borne microorganisms and related topics of growing concern", IV Latin
American Congress of Food Microbiology and Hygiene", Lima, Peru, April 15, 1996.
- Assistant Professor of the subject "Foods" for Physicians specialized in
nutrition, UBA Medical School, 1999 to present.
- Associate professor of Food Microbiology in the Industrial Food Technology
program, at UADE’s School of engineering and Exact Sciences from 1974 to 1977
- Associate professor of Food Microbiology from 1977 to 1980.
- Full professor of Food Microbiology from 1981 to present.
IV) SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATIONS MEMBERSHIP
- Active member at the Argentine Food Technologists Association.
- Professional member of the Institute of Food Technologists, Chicago, USA,
since 1981.
- Professional member of the International Association of Milk, Food and
Environmental Sanitarians, Inc., USA, since 1981.
- Professional member of the Union Internationale des Laboratories Independants,
since January 1983.
- Active member of the Argentine Association of Microbiology. Chairman of the
Food, Medicines and Cosmetics Division from January 1, 1984 to January 7, 1989.
Treasurer from 1989 to 2001. President from June 2001 to May 2004.
- Founding member of UADE’s Food Technology Graduates Association.
- Member of the Chemistry Professional Council since 1988.
- Member of the Managing Committee of the Argentine Association of Microbiology
from July 1992 to July 1993.
- Permanent Member of AOAC International since 1993. Member of the Argentine
group since 1994. Treasurer of AOAC International’s Latin American and the
Caribbean Section, from June 1997 to July 1999.
- Founding member of the Scientific Association of Lab Analysts (Civil
Association) in 1997. Currently serving as Treasurer on the Managing Committee.
- Delegate on behalf of Argentina on the Latin American Subcommittee on Food
Microbiology (LAS) of the International Commission for Microbiological
Specifications for Foods (ICMSF) since November 1989. Appointed secretary of the
LAS-ICMSF by its Managing Committee in Lima, Peru since April 18, 1996 to
present.
V) RESEARCH BACKGROUND
- Determination of chemical, bacteriological and quality parameters in Argentine
Ricotta cheese conducted by Francisco González, BSc (Eng) and presented at IRAM
(Argentine Standardization Institute), 1974.
- Study of bacteriological parameters on ultra-frozen precooked foods, conducted
by Prof. Enrique Hernández at the Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology,
Valencia, Spain.
- Research assistant (1976 -1977), Coordinator (1977 -1980) and Director (1980 -
1983) of the Food Science and Technology Center (CECYTA), School of Agricultural
Sciences, UADE.
- Coordinator of the Research Project "Study of Psychrotrophic Microflora in
Dairy Products" for the National Food Technology Program of the Department of
Science and Technology.
- Director of the research project "Assessment of the Sanitary Condition of
Artisan and Industrial Ice Cream in the City of Buenos Aires", sponsored by the
industry. School of Agricultural Sciences, UADE.
- Rappaport-Vassiliadis Medium for Recovery of Salmonella spp from Low Microbial
Load Foods: Collaborative Study, Journal of AOAC International, Vol. 84, N° 1,
2001, 65-83. Participated along with other international laboratories in
collaboration with the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. FDA.
- Director of the research project "Antimicrobial Activity of Boldo and
Chamomile", School of Engineering and Exact Sciences, UADE, 2001.
- Director of the research project "Assessment of Antimicrobial Substances for
Raw Ground Veal," School of Engineering and Exact Sciences, UADE, 2004.
Presentation of the poster "assessing the in vitro effectiveness of natural bio-preservatives
to inhibit the development of enterobacter" at the VIII Latin American Congress
of Food Microbiology and Hygiene, Colombia, May, 2005.
VI) POSTGRADUATE THESIS TUTORING
- Mestre, Graciela, specialist in Safety and Quality of Agrifood (UBA, SENASA,
ANMAT and OPS). Subject: reassessment and update of the analytical plan and
critical control points in institutional food production for patients with
immunodeficiency. Grade: Outstanding. October, 2004.
VII) PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
- Chief of laboratory at ALMAGRO S.A.I.C. meat packing plant (cold -cuts and
salted meat) from 1977 to February 1978
- Attached to the Department of Food Safety and Quality since 1978. Chief of
Microbiology Laboratory from 1979 to May 1981, in charge of setting it up and
training its staff.
- Founder, President and Technical Director of FOOD CONTROL S.A laboratories
since 1981 to present, providing technical assistance, health assessment, and
chemical, physical and microbiological testing to the food industry. Since 2002,
59 analytes have been accredited under ISO 17025 standards. Since 2007 the
accreditation was extended to 66 analytes and implementation was adjusted to
standard ISO 17025:2005. Some of these companies are:
- LACTONA S.A. (Microbiology of Dairy products)
- MAPRICO S.A. (Microbiology of dairy products and canned goods)
- Cooperativa El Hogar Obrero (Safety and microbiological testing of general
foods, form 1979 to 1983)
- San Sebastián S.A. (Microbiology and food safety of cold meat and chicken from
1981 from 1984)
- IFF (Microbiology of fruit pulp for dairy products from 1981 to 1983- setup,
training and adjustment of microbiological laboratory techniques in 1983)
- JUMBO supermarket (Microbiological analysis of perishable foods)
- Aerolíneas Argentinas (Microbiological and chemical analysis of foods.
Assessment of hygiene and health conditions of flight kitchens for domestic and
international supply)
- AUSTRAL Airlines (Technical assistance, implementation of programs for the
protection of high risk foods for in-flight catering, hazards analysis and
critical control points, staff training, microbiological analysis of food and
beverage for aviation and for company staff from 1990 to 1992.
- Garovaglio y Zorraquin (Technical Consultant in production plant quality
audits, microbiological analysis, quality control programming for canned
vegetables, 1983 and 1984.
- Minguillon Meat Packing Plant (Technical assistance for Wilson™ in quality
control programming, quality control audits in production plants, and
microbiological analysis of canned vegetables in 1982)
- Best Service S.A. (assistance and training in food hygiene, microbiological
analysis of precooked refrigerated foods for institutional catering in 1983)
- Matarazzo S.A. (Microbiological analysis in low water activity products,
floury products)
- NOEL S.A. (Technical consultant, training in food hygiene, microbiological
analysis, planning of hazards analysis and critical control points in perishable
dairy products from 1982 to 1985)
- MASTER FOODS S.A. (Technical assistance, training in food hygiene,
microbiological analysis of precooked refrigerated foods for institutional
catering from 1983 to January 1985)
- Servicios Allande S.A. (Technical assistance, microbiological analysis,
analysis of critical control points of precooked refreigerated foods for
institutional catering from 1981 to 1988. Since July 1985, development of Gato
DumasTM second generation precooked refrigerated foods for microwave
regeneration, for export and domestic consumption)
- Association of Ice Cream Artisans of Buenos Aires (Technical Consultant,
operational sanitation and microbiological analysis of ice creams form 1977 to
1982)
- Buffet’s and Receptions S.R.L. (Technical assistance, training in food hygiene,
microbiological and Chemical analysis of precooked refrigerated foods, from July
1985 to December 1986)
- La Virginia S.A. (Food safety analysis)
- El Pampero meat packing plant (Microbiological analysis of cold-cuts)
- HARENGUS S.A. (Microbiological analysis of canned fish)
- AGUILA SAINT S.A. (Technical assistance, training in food hygiene,
microbiological analysis, adjustment of microbiological laboratory techniques,
production of low microbial load goods, September 1985 - December 1986)
- LA JIRAFA AZUL S.A. (Technical assistance, program for the protection of high
microbial risk foods, start up of industrialized refrigerated food production,
packaged in different plastic containers, development of new products, staff
training)
- Buenos Aires Sheraton Hotel (Sanitary assessment, staff training and
microbiological analysis of foods and beverages)
- FUDDRUCKERS (microbiological control of fast foods and sanitary assessment of
outlets and production facilities, staff training, 1989-1992)
- GRACE Argentina S.A. (Assessment of the life cycle of refrigerated vacuum
packaged uncooked meat for export)
- PALADINI meat packing plant (Microbiological analysis of cold-cuts)
- EL FUNDADOR Ice Creams (Microbiological and chemical analyses and raw
materials)
- QUESORO S.A. (Microbiological and chemical analyses of Dairy products and raw
materials)
- FARGO S.A. (Microbiological and chemical analyses of foods)
- VIZZOLINI (Microbiological and chemical analyses of low water activity foods)
- GOETHE School (Sanitary assessment of kitchens and eating areas,
microbiological analysis of foods and beverages, 1987 to present)
- MARRIOTT AIRPLANE CATERING INC. (currently Sky Chef) (Technical assistance,
program for the protection of high microbial risk foods for in-flight catering,
hazard analysis and critical control points, staff training, microbiological
analysis of refrigerated precooked products, 1988 to present)
- BUENOS AIRES CATERING S.A (currently GATE GOURMET) (Technical assistance,
program for the protection of high microbial risk foods for in-flight catering,
hazard analysis and critical control points, staff training, microbiological and
chemical analyses of refrigerated precooked products, January 1982 to present).
- FORD Argentina S.A. (Technical assistance, hazard analysis and critical
control points, microbiological and chemical analyses of refrigerated precooked
products from 1986 to date).
- NESTLE Argentina (Chemical and microbiological analyses of foods).
- KRAFT FOODS de Argentina (Chemical and microbiological analyses of foods)
- IRAM (Microbiological and chemical analyses of foods)
- PARK HYATT Buenos Aires (Technical assistance, program for the protection of
high microbial risk foods for in-flight catering, hazard analysis and critical
control points, staff training, microbiological and chemical analyses of foods
and beverages)
- McDonalds (Microbiological and chemical analyses of foods and beverages)
- FOUR SEASONS (Technical assistance, program for the protection of high
microbial risk foods for in-flight catering, identification of hazards and
control of critical points, staff training, microbiological and chemical
analyses of foods and beverages)
- Marriott Plaza Hotel (microbiological and chemical analyses of foods and
beverages)
- Bago laboratories (microbiological and chemical analyses of foods and
beverages)
- ACINDAR S.A. (Technical assistance, hazard analisys and control of critical
points, microbiological analysis of foods and beverages)
- Municipality of the City of Buenos Aires (Microbiological and chemical
analyses of foods)
- Molinos Rio de la Plata (Microbiological and chemical analyses of foods)
- AUCHAN Argentina (Technical assistance, program for the protection of high
microbial risk foods for in-flight catering, hazards analysis and critical
control points, staff training, microbiological and chemical analyses of foods
and beverages)
- Massalin Particulares (Technical assistance, microbiological and chemical
analyses of foods and beverages)
VIII) OTHER ACTIVITIES
- Regular member of the 6º Argentine Congress of Nutrition, October 1976.
- Attended the International Conference on Quality Control in Buenos Aires, on
behalf of UADE.
- Secretary of the board of exhibitions at the First Update Conference on
Science and Technology of Lipids, organized by the Argentine Institute of Fats
and Oils, on behalf of UADE.
- Regular member of the VII° Latin American Congress of Microbiology on behalf
of UADE.
- General assistant secretary of the First National Seminar on Food Science and
Technology Education held by the CECYTA and the School of Agricultural Sciences,
UADE, October 1978.
- Attended the 2° Seminar of the Argentine Association of Microbiology, Food
Division.
- Regular member of the 2° Argentine Congress of Microbiology on behalf of UADE,
June 1977. Represented the UADE at the First Professional Education Seminar on
Food Science and Engineering organized by the Catholic University of Valparaíso,
Chile, August 1980.
- Participated in the Meeting for the study of chemical testing methods to
determine the presence of preservatives in foods, held by the National
Department of Chemistry, September 25 and 26, 1980.
- Member of the Subcommittee of Fishing Industry Products under the Argentine
Standardization Institute (IRAM).
- Regular member of the First Regional Seminar on Quality Control at the Food
Safety Laboratory held by the Standardization and Quality Control Committee,
Tres de Febrero, Buenos Aires, May 21-23, 1981.
- Participated in the Argentine Congress of Food Science and Technology held by
the Argentine Food Technologists Association, November, 1981.
- Scholarship member of the Pan-American Milk Congress, Buenos Aires, April 17
to 25, 1982.
- Coordinator of the conference "Food Spoilage due to Fungi" held by UADE,
October, 1982 at the Argentine Scientific Society.
- V° Update Seminar on Techniques for Artisan Ice Cream Production, August,
1983.
- Regular member of the Second Regional Seminar on Quality Control at the Food
Safety Laboratory held by the Standardization and Quality Control Committee,
Tres de Febrero, Buenos Aires, June 7 to 9, 1984.
- Regular member of the World Congress of Food Technology held by the BankBoston
Foundation, Buenos Aires, September, 1984.
- Member of the technical area of the lV Argentine Congress of Microbiology
organized by the Argentine Association of Microbiology, Buenos Aires, July,
1985.
- Regular member of the Third Regional Seminar on Quality Control at the Food
Safety Laboratory held by the Standardization and Quality Control Committee,
Tres de Febrero, Buenos Aires, August 1985.
- Secretary General on the organizing committee of the First Latin American
Congress of Food Microbiology and the First Symposium on Food Preservation
organized by the Argentine Association of Microbiology, Buenos Aires, November,
1987.
- Member of the discussion board "Update of the Argentine Food Code" at the
International Ice cream Fair, September 1986.
- Volunteer advisor on Food Safety and Hygiene at the Frozen Foods Foundation.
- Member of the work group "Food Microbiology Education" at the First Latin
American Congress of Food Microbiology, August-November, 1987.
- Moderator of the Round Table "Microbiological Control in Service and Catering
Facilities" at the II Latin American Congress of Food Microbiology, Caracas,
Venezuela , November 5 to 10, 1989.
- Member of the Committee on Applicability of Biocide Agents to Food Products at
the National Institute of Pharmacology and Food Safety of the National Health
and Social Welfare Office, April 1991.
- Xl Latin-American Congress and Vl Argentine Congress of Microbiology, Buenos
Aires, April 15 to 19, 1991.
- Appointed member of the Honor Council of UADE’s Alumni Society, July 1991.
- Travelled to Peru, Chile and Bolivia to assess the hygienic-sanitary
suitability of flight kitchens, June, August, and September 1991.
- Member of the Scientific Committee, Coordinator of the panel "Risk and Control
of Precooked products - Catering". Participated in the Round Table of the ICMSF
Latin-American Subcommittee: "Emerging Diseases in Latin-America", in the lll
Latin-American Congress on Food Microbiology and Hygiene, Montevideo, Uruguay,
November 29 to December 5, 1992.
- Hired by Cargill Holding to audit BPM in their noodle processing plants in
Rosario and juice processing plant in Neuquén and Chile.
- Technical advisor for the Food Safety Sanitary Control Program of facilities
in Buenos Aires implemented by the Municipality of Buenos Aires, January 1993 to
May, 1994.
- Member of the Organizing Committee of the VI Argentine Congress of Food
Science and Technology, April 4 to 13, 1994.
- Attended the annual ICMSF meeting in representation of Argentina held in León,
Spain, from November 7 to 9, 1994.
- Vice president and Director of the Technical Area of the Argentine Chamber of
Independent Laboratories of Food Safety, Environment, and other Related Analysis
(CALIBA) since 1996.
- Member of the Managing Council of the Accreditation Argentine Body (OAA) on
behalf of CALIBA since 1996.
- Member of the Organizing and Coordinating Committee of the Round Table "Quality Assurance in Microbiological Testing Laboratories" at the Second
International Symposium for the Latin-America and the Caribbean Section of the
AOAC International, Buenos Aires, June 22 to 25, 1997.
- Member of the Organizing Committee of the Third River Plate Microbiology
Seminars, October 12 to 15, 1997.
- Coordinator of the Round Table "Food quality spoilage due to microbial
contamination" at the VIII Argentine Congress of Microbiology, held by the
Argentine Microbiology Association, Buenos Aires, September 6 to 9, 1998.
- Member of the Publitec Awards jury, granted in the Fifth Latin-American
Congress of Food Microbiology, Brazil, November 22 to 26, 1998.
- Member of the Nutrition work team for drafting IRAM 14201 standard "Good
Manufacturing Practices in Food Services" at the Argentine Standardization
Institute since May, 1999.
- Member of IRAM’S MICROBIOLOGY Sub-committee since its creation in November,
1999.
- Coordinator of the Round Table "Tourism, Catering and Food Safety" at the VI
Latin American Congress of Food Microbiology, Buenos Aires, November 22, 2000.
- Chairman of the "VI Latin American Congress of Food Microbiology," "II
Argentine Symposium on Food Preservation," "I Argentine Congress of Food
Microbiology." and "I Hispanic American Meeting of Food Microbiologists," Buenos
Aires, November 20 to 24, 2000.
- Member of the Jury for the presentation of scientific abstracts at the IX
Argentine Congress of Microbiology, Buenos Aires, October 7 to 11, 2001.
- Member of the Scientific Committee, Jury for award-giving and Coordinator of
the Round Table "Emerging Pathogens" at the IV Symposium of the Latin Americana
and the Caribbean Section of the AOAC International "Analytical Challenges for
the New Millennium," Montevideo, Uruguay, November 18 to 22, 2001.
- Vice President of the II Argentine Congress of Food Microbiology, held by the
Foods Division of the Argentine Association of Microbiology, Santa Fe, May 14 to
16, 2003.
- Member of the Technical Group of Microbiological Criteria organized by the
National Food Committee under the National Public Health Department in
representation of LAS for the study and inclusion of ICMSF-based Microbiological
Criterion in the Argentine Food Code for foods related to Verotoxin-producing
Escherichia coli infections, July and August, 2003, to be included in the
Argentine Food Code.
- Coordinator of the International Seminar "Challenges in Food Safety Management"
delivered by Prof. Michiel van Schothorst from the Wageningen University (Holland)
in representation of ICMSF, Buenos Aires, November 27 and 28, 2003.
- Coordinator of the Round Table on "Bacterial Toxins" at the "Interdisciplinary
Seminar on Food Toxicology" organized by the Argentine Toxicology Association,
Buenos Aires, September 20, 2005.
- Member of the Organizing Committee of the First Latin American and Argentine
Congress of Drugs Microbiology held by the Argentine Microbiology Association,
Buenos Aires, November 7 to 11, 2005.
- Member of the Education Committee at the Food Program of the School of
Engineering and Exact Sciences, UADE, 2005.
- Vice president of the Organizing Committee of the III Argentine Congress of
Food Microbiology organized by the Foods Division (DAMyC) of the National
Microbiology Association, Buenos Aires, November 8 to 10, 2006.
- Member of the Agrifoods Commission of the IRAM’s Certification Committee,
Argentine Standardization and Certification Institute, since May, 2008.
IX) POSTGRADUATE ACTIVITIES
- Non-destructive tests at IRAM
- Programming through the critical path at CITEFA
- Gas chromatography, two-month theory course delivered by Dr. Gomez Artero at
INTI
- Quality Control, two-month course delivered by Biernat BSc (Eng) at INTI
- Production planning and control, three-month course at the "Centro Argentino
de Ingenieros."
- Food preservation, dehydration and canned products, four-month course at the
Department of Industries, School of Exact and Natural Sciences, UBA, delivered
by Dr. Cattaneo, Dr. Chirife and Dr. Pagliaro.
- Quality Control in the Food Industry, international one-week intensive course
organized by the Argentine Institute of Quality Control delivered by Dr. J.J.
Riordan and Dr. R.L. Stier.
- Shellfish industrialization - IV one-month course on fishing specialization,
Universidad Laboral de La Coruña (Spain), 1976.
- Food Contaminants and Contamination Indicators; first seminar by the Food
Division of the Argentine Microbiology Association.
- Canned meats processing; two-week intensive course organized by INTI’s Meat
Technology and Research Center.
- Food Enzymes; three-day course at the Argentine Biochemical Association.
- Microbiological testing of dairy products, one-week theory and practice course
at the National Institute of Pharmacology and Food Safety.
- 2º Course on Food and Canned Products Preservation, organized by the Pan
American Zoonosis Center and the Municipality of Buenos Aires, October 2 to
November 18, 1980.
- Food Texture; seminar organized by the Latin American Training and Development
Center, April, 1981.
- Water Activity and Microbial Growth in Foods; international intensive course
delivered by Dr J.A. Troller, organized by SECYT and the Department of
Industries at the School of Exact and Natural Sciences, UBA, June 22 to 26,
1981.
- Advances in Food Microbiology and Applied Microbiology; international
intensive course given by Prof. Dr Anthony Sinskey from USA., organized by the
Argentine Chemical Association and Buenos Aires Province Scientific Research
Committee, August 10 to 14, 1981.
- Quality Control in the Food Industry; coordinator of the international
intensive course delivered by Chilean Prof. Gabriel Jiménez Serrano organized by
UADE CECYTA, August 3 to 14, 1981.
- Advances in Food Preservation Technology; coordinator of the international
course delivered by Spanish Prof. Bernardo Lafuente organized by UADE CECYTA,
October 28 to November 3, 1981.
- Technology of ready-made foods "Catering," coordinator of the international
seminar delivered by Spanish Prof. Bernardo Lafuente, from, organized by UADE
CECYTA from November 4 to 6, 1981.
- Quality Control in the Meat Industry, organized by INTI’S Meat Research and
Technology Center, June 14 to July 8, 1982.
- Mycotoxins; theory and practice course organized by the Argentine Association
of Microbiology at the School of Exact and Natural Sciences, UBA, August,1982.
- Isolation, enumeration and identification of Clostridium perfringens in Foods;
theory and practice course organized by the Argentine Association of
Microbiology at the School of Exact and Natural Sciences, UBA, in August, 1982.
- "Introduction to computing" at UADE’s IT institute, August, 1982.
- Food Toxic Infection, course organized by the Argentine Association of
Microbiology, December, 1983.
- Experimental determination of water activity in foods; theory and practice
course organized by the Department of Industries at the School of Exact and
Natural Sciences, UBA, October 3 to 14, 1983.
- Electrophoresis in Food Analysis; theory and practice course organized by the
Argentine Association of Food Technologists, November, 1984.
- Ready-made food production; theory and practice course delivered by Prof.
Wolfgang Kuchenbecker, Chief of Food Development at the German firm F. Homann
A.G. INTI´S Meat Technology and Research Center, October 6 to 10, 1986.
- Advances in Food Microbiology; theoretical course delivered by Prof. D.A.A.
Mossel, main lecturer of Waters and Foods Microbiology at Utrech University,
Holland. Buenos Aires, November 30 to December 2, 1987.
- Quality Management in the Food Industry; theoretical course delivered by
Daniel Shattner, BSc, (Quality Manager of the firm San Sebastian) at the
Argentine Chemical Association, October, 1988.
- Microbiology of Meats and Derivatives; theory and practice course given by
Prof. Jeanne Fournaud from INRA, France, at the Argentine Association of
Microbiology; September 19 to 23, 1988.
- Microbiology of Frozen Foods; theory and practice course by the National
Program of Food Safety at the Pan-American Zoonosis Center, Buenos Aires,
November 14 to 18, 1988.
- New Trends in the Candy Industry by UADE’s Food Technology Graduates
Association, November 1 to 3, 1989.
- Quick Methods for Identification and Count of Microorganisms at INTI´S Food
Technology Department, November 28 to 30, 1990.
- XI Latin-American Congress of Microbiology organized by the Argentine
Association of Microbiology, Buenos Aires, April 15 to 19, 1991.
- Advances in Food Microbiology; theoretical course delivered by Dr Lynton J.
Cox from NESTEC, Switzerland, organized by the Food Division (DAMYC) at the
Argentine Association of Microbiology, April 22 to 24, 1991.
- Fundamentals and Principles for HACCP System Implementation in food production;
theory and practice course delivered by Dr Frank Bryan, USA, Buenos Aires,
August 5 to 9, 1991.
- Relevant Sporeformers in the Food Industry, theoretical course organized by
the National Institute of Pharmacology and Food Safety, November 27 to 29, 1991.
- Food Mycology; theoretical course organized by the Organic Chemistry
Department at UBA’s School of Exact and Natural Sciences, July 29 to August 7,
1992.
- Procedures for Implementing Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points
Systems in Food Production; international course delivered by Prof. Dr Frank L.
Bryan (USA), Buenos Aires, November 16 to 20, 1992.
- Food Quality course organized by the National Technological University and
IRAM (30 hours), May-June, 1993.
- Quick Methods for Detecting of Microorganism delivered by Dr. Graciela de
Antoni at CIDCA, La Plata, (25 hours), July 5 to 7, 1993.
- Foods Toxicology; organized by the Pan-American Institute of Food Protection
and Zoonosis (INPPAZ) of the PAHO/WHO, Buenos Aires, November 15 to 26, 1993 (70
hours).
- Determination of Vibrio cholerae in Foods, organized by the Pan-American
Institute for Food Protection and Zoonosis (INPPAZ) of the PAHO/WHO, Buenos
Aires, December 6 to 10, 1993 (35 hours).
- Food Quality and Safety: A Global Concern; organized by Fundación Chile in
Santiago, delivered by Dr F. Quevedo, May 24-25, 1994 (16 hours).
- Microbiological Aspects of Quality Assurance in Beverage Production, held at
the 2º TECNOALIMENTARIA Seminar, delivered by Dr L. Beuchat (USA); Buenos Aires,
October 21 to 22, 1994 (16 hours).
- Recent Developments in Food Design by means of Hurdle Technology, particularly
Meat Products; held at the 2º TECNOALIMENTARIA seminar delivered by Dr. L.
Leistner (Germany); Buenos Aires, October 24 to 25, 1994 (16 hours).
- Food Microbiology Seminar, organized by the Health and Consumption Ministry
and ICMSF, León, Spain, November 10 to 11, 1994 (12 hours).
- Course on "Microbial Activity of Chemical Germicides" organized by DAMYC-AAM,
June 9 1995.
- "Introduction to Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points Systems" at CIDCA-CONICET
(La Plata) by Dr D. Selivonchick of the Science and Technology Department of
Oregon State University, June 15-16 1995.
- Course on "Quick Methods for Microbiological Food Testing" delivered by Dr A.N.
Sharpe (Canada) at the IV Latin-American Congress on Food Hygiene and
Microbiology, Lima, Peru, April 12-13 1996.
- International Seminar on "Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points System"
organized by SENASA at INPPAZ, August 15-16 1996.
- "Good Laboratory Practices", organized by the Argentine Chemical Association
and the National Medicines Institute, September/October 1996.
- First Seminar on "Food Hygiene and Waste Control for MERCOSUR Countries"
organized by SENASA at INPPAZ (OPS), November 26 to 29, 1996.
- Participatory workshop cycle: "Foods in the City of Buenos Aires" on
"Epidemiology of Food-borne diseases" organized by the Ombudsman’s Office;
Buenos Aires, August 1996
- International Seminar on "The Crisis of Food Control in the City of Buenos
Aires, other aspects", organized by the Ombudsman’s Office in the City of Buenos
Aires, October 30 to November 1, 1996.
- "Development, Improvement and Validation Procedures at the Analytical
Laboratory" and "Meeting Conformity to Quality Assurance Requirements", at the
Second Symposium of AOAC International; Buenos Aires, June 22 to 25, 1997.
- "Quality Management and Assurance in Trial Laboratories" at UBA’s School of
Engineering, July 1997.
- Seminar on "Calibration of Laboratory Scales"; coordinator on behalf of CALIBA,
October 30, 1997.
- Coordinator of the Seminar on "Analytical Uncertainty" organized by CALIBA;
November 28, 1997.
- Course on Calibration Systems held at Food Control S.A. by Horacio Napolitano
of Jenck S.A., March 12, 1998.
- Course on Quality Systems Components for Analytical Laboratories held at Food
Control S.A. by Horacio Napolitano from Jenck S.A., March 24, 1998.
- Coordinator of the AOAC International course on "Quality Assurance in
Analytical Laboratories" delivered by Dr. Valcarcel and Dr. Ríos from the
University of Córdoba, Spain; Buenos Aires, June 4 to 6, 1998.
- Course on Uncertainty held at Food Control S.A. delivered by Horacio
Napolitano of Jenck S.A., September 19, 1998.
- International course on "Laboratory Assessment Methods - ISO Guide 25",
delivered by Ken Parson of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
at School of Engineering; Buenos Aires, UBA, October 13 to 15, 1998.
- International course on "Procedures for Hazardous Waste Disposal" delivered by
Argentina Vindiola BSc (Eng), AOAC International Security Manager; Buenos Aires,
October 15 to 17, 1998.
- "ISO 25 Accreditation of Microbiological Testing Laboratories"; course
delivered by Dr. Delia Krivoruchko of INTI at the Argentine Chemical Association,
November 2 to 5, 1998.
- Course on "Training Trainers on Food Quality and Safety" based on Good
Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP),
organized by SENASA and PAHO/WHO and delivered by FAO representatives in Buenos
Aires from November 9 to 13, 1998 (45 hours).
- Training Auditors for Food Safety HACCP - ISO 9000, organized by IRAM and
delivered by Randy A. Dougherty of NSF International (USA); 3 days, February
1999.
- Workshop/seminar on "Management of Food Control Programs", organized by SAGPyA
and delivered by FAO representatives; Buenos Aires; May 17 to 21, 1999 (42 hours).
- Theory and Practice course for the "Mini VIDAS System"; Buenos Aires, July 21,
1999.
- Coordinator of the International course on "Quality in Analytical Laboratories",
delivered by Dr. Valcárcel and Dr. Ríos at the University of Córdoba (Spain);
Buenos Aires, May 3 to 5, 2000.
- International Seminar on "Food Preservation Emerging Technologies" delivered
by Dr. Gustavo Barbosa Cánovas of the Biological Systems Engineering Department
of the Washington State University organized by AATA; Buenos Aires, August 14 to
16, 2000 (14 hours).
- Coordinator of the International Course on "Sampling and Sampling Management
in the Quality Systems Environment" (ISO 17025)" delivered by Dr. Angel Rios
Castro of the University of Córdoba, Spain; Buenos Aires, November 13 to 14,
2000.
- International Course on "Shelf-Life and Challenge Studies for Food Products"
delivered by Dr. Russell S. Flowers from Group Silliker - USA; Buenos Aires,
November 17, 2000.
- Regional Conference on "Emerging Issues on Food Safety and Security with
impacts on Public Health and Trade" coordinated by FDA, CDC, USDA and ANMAT;
Buenos Aires, September 1 and 3, 2003.
- XVII Latin American Congress of Microbiology and X Argentine Congress of
Microbiology organized by the Argentine Association of Microbiology; Buenos
Aires, October 17 to 21, 2004.
- "In-laboratory Internal Auditors Training for ISO 17025/IRAM 301" course
delivered by Silvana Fichtenbaum at the Argentine Chemical Association, November
1 to 2, 2004.
- "Food Safety Incidents, extortion, and crisis resolution" delivered by Dr.
Raúl Bottaro at the AAT, October 2005.
- Workshop on "Predictive Microbiology as a tool in Food Safety Formulation,
Improvement and Assurance" delivered by Dr. Stella Alzadora at the AATA,
November 2005.
- "Experimental Statistics I" course organized by the Argentine Chemical
Foundation, December 2005.
- Training Seminar on "Local and Global Regulatory Outlook, Competitive
Strategies in the Agrifoods Sector" delivered by Dr. Dee Vence from 3M-USA,
Dr.Verónica Torres Leedham from SENASA and Dr. Pablo Morón from SAGPyA, April
12, 2006.
- Coordinator of the Seminar "Advances in the use of the Aw to control microbial
growth in food products", delivered by Dr. Jorge Chirife at UADE, August 2,
2006.
- Coordinator of the Seminar "Shelf-life of Preserved Foods: principles,
determination, and applications" delivered by Dr. Jorge Chirife at UADE,
September 6 to 8, 2006.
- "Establishing Microbiological Criteria in Foods" delivered by Dr. Jean-Louis
Cordier, Quality Assurance Manager at NESTEC - Switzerland; Buenos Aires,
November 10, 2006.
- IV bioMérieux Symposium for the Food Industry; Buenos Aires, June 26, 2007.
- Seminar on "Implementation of Food Safety Managemetn Systems according to ISO
22.000:2005 standard" delivered by Silvia Cucher BSc (Eng) from TÜV Rheinland
and organized by ArgenINTA; October, 2007.
- "Introduction on Food Certification Processes" seminar delivered by Dr. Isabel
Tiscornia from INTI and organized by the Argentine Chemical Association; May
2008.
X) CONFERENCES GIVEN
- Rapporteur on "Food Hygiene" at the First Argentine Seminar on International
Gastronomy, organized by the Argentine Gastronomic Foundation; 1982.
- Rapporteur on "Importance of Food Hygiene in Ready-made Food Technology" at
the Gastronomy Conference organized by Diners Club Business Development Center;
1982.
- Lecturer on "Food Preservation and Treatment" organized by the Argentine
Gastronomic Foundation; November and December, 1983.
- Lecturer at the Second Biennial Quality Meeting on "Hygiene and sanitary
Quality Control of on-board catering to prevent Food Toxic Infections;" Buenos
Aires, November 1983.
- Lecturer on "Food Microbiology" and "Argentine Food Code" at the First Artisan
Ice cream Seminar; Mendoza, August 9 to 14, 1984.
- Lecturer on "Food Safety Aspects" at the First Update Conference on Domestic
Management of Frozen Food, organized by the Frozen Food Foundation; May 9, 1985.
- Lecturer on "General Food Safety Aspects" and "Critical Control Points" at the
VIº Update Seminar on Ice Cream Production Techniques organized by Publitec, May
13 to 16, 1985.
- Lecturer on "Food Hygiene and Consumer Health" at the University Conferences
held in the 32º International Cattle, Agricultural and Industrial Fair organized
by the Argentine Rural Association, August 2, 1985.
- Lecturer on "Food Microbiology" and "Argentine Food Code" at the Second
Artisan Ice Cream Seminar; Tucumán, August 1 to 4, 1985.
- Lecturer on "Food Hygiene" at the First National Tourism Congress organized by
the Argentine Chamber of Tourism, September, 1987.
- Lecturer on "Hygienic Quality of In-flight Catering" at the food hygiene round
table during the First Latin-American Congress on Standardization and Quality
Control in Health and the Environment; October, 1987.
- Lecturer on "Sanitary Education for In-flight Catering Food Production
Operators" at the Sanitary Education round table of the First Latin-American
Congress of Food Microbiology; November, 1987.
- Lecturer on "Food Hygiene" at the Environmental Sanitation Office of the City
of Mar del Plata; September, 1988.
- Lecturer on "Hygienic Control of Refrigerated foods for In-flight Catering" at
the Second Latin-American Congress on Food Microbiology; Caracas, Venezuela,
November 5 to 10, 1989.
- Lecturer on "Hygienic Control of Frozen Foods for In-flight Catering" in the
course "Microbiological Laboratories and Food-borne diseases", organized by the
Argentine Biochemical Association, November 17, 1989.
- Lecturer on "the incidence of Salmonellosis in In-flight Catering" in the
seminar "Food-borne diseases" organized by the Britania Postgraduate School,
April, 1990.
- Lecturer on the topic "Cholera Prevention" at the Argentine Association of
Tourist Hotels, May 23, 1991.
- Lecturer on "Ice Cream Microbiology" at the SAIHEL ‘91 Fair; Buenos Aires,
July 30, 1991.
- Lecturer on "Food Hygiene in In-flight Catering" at the IV Sterilization
Conference and II Conference on Hospital Hygiene at the Garraham Pediatric
Hospital, November 28 to 30, 1991.
- Lecturer on "Ready-made Meals" at the International Food Technology Fair;
Buenos Aires, September 9, 1992.
- Lecturer on "Refrigerated Foods" at the International Food Technology Fair;
Buenos Aires, September 11, 1992.
- Lecturer on "Microbiology" at the First Latin-American Congress of Ice Cream
Producers; Buenos Aires, July 27, 1992.
- Rapporteur on "Refrigerated Foods" at the 56º ANNUAL BIOCHEMICAL AND
SCIENTIFIC TRIDUUM; Buenos Aires, October 28 to 31, 1992.
- Lecturer on "Hygienic Protection in the Production of Foods for Big Consumers"
during the III Conference on HOSPITAL HYGIENE; Buenos Aires, November 6, 1992.
- Lecturer on the topic "Microbiology of Ready-made Meals" at the First
Symposium on Microbiological Standards for Food and Beverage Control organized
by the Argentine Association of Microbiology; November 3 to 5, 1993.
- Lecturer on "Hygienic Care of Ready-made Meals for Catering" during the
Conference on Food Safety and Nutrition; Córdoba, October 6 to 8, 1994.
- Coordinator and lecturer on "Food Hygiene" in the catering course at 2º
TECNOALIMENTARIA Seminar; Buenos Aires, October 23 to 24, 1994.
- Lecturer on "Microbiological Controls and Catering" at the pre-congress course
"Food and Water Microbiology" at the 7º Argentine Congress on Microbiology
organized by the Argentine Association of Microbiology; March 5 to 7, 1995.
- Lecturer on the topic "Agreement between the private sector (Poultry
Processing Companies Center - CEPA) and the public sector (SENASA) on modifying
a microbiological recommendation" at the International Seminar "The Food Control
Crisis in Buenos Aires," organized by the Ombudsman’s Office; Buenos Aires, May
17 to 19, 1995.
- Lecturer on "Application of HACCP in aircraft kitchens" at the Food Hygiene
Round Table at the IV Latin-American Congress of Food Hygiene Microbiology;
Lima, Peru, April 18, 1996.
- Lecturer on "Microbiology of Ready-made Meals" at the 2º Symposium on
Microbiological Standards for Food and Beverage Control organized by the
Argentine Association of Microbiology of Córdoba; Córdoba, June 13 to 14, 1996.
- Lecturer on "Hygienic Care in Food Production" at TECNOFIDTA ’96, September,
1996.
- Lecturer on "Applying Food Safety to Gastronomy" at the Hotels, Gastronomy and
Catering Seminars at the Alvear Palace Hotel; August 20 to 21, 1997.
- Lecturer on "Microbiological Studies of Critical Points in the Candy Industry"
and "Microbiological Environmental Conditions" during the III Latin-American
Seminar on Chocolates, Candies and Bakery Products organized by UADE; August 25
to 29, 1997.
- Lecturer on "Critical Points in Food Production for In-flight Catering" during
the V Latin-American Congress on Food Hygiene and Microbiology; Brazil, November
22 to 26, 1998.
- Lecturer on "Catering. Frozen Foods" on the Round Table Food-borne Diseases at
the Food Safety Seminars 2001 organized by the School of Veterinarians of Buenos
Aires; La Plata, November 14 to 16, 2001.
- Lecturer on "Hygienic Safety in the Production of Foods for In-flight
Catering" at the VII Latin-American Congress of Food Microbiology and Hygiene;
Chile, November, 2002.
- Lecturer on: "Enterohaemorragic Escherichia coli, prevention methodologies" on
the Round Table "Current Microbiology and Food Quality Issues" at the VIII Latin-American
Congress of Food Microbiology and Hygiene; Colombia, May, 2005.
- Lecturer on the Implementation of Catering Food Safety Programs at the
Workshop/Seminar "Risk-free Eating" at the Baires Expo Alimentaria; Buenos
Aires, June, 2005.
- Lecturer on "assessing the in vitro effectiveness of natural bio-preservatives
to inhibit the development of enterobacter" at the Teaching Update Seminar on
Science and Technology organized by QDA (bringing science closer to teachers),
July and October, 2006.
- Lecturer on "Assessing natural bio-preservatives to inhibit the development of
enterobacter" and the "Symposium of Food Safety Programs in Latin America" at
the IX Latin American Congress of Food Microbiology and Hygiene; Isla Margarita,
Venezuela, May, 2007.
XI) PUBLICATIONS
- What is food quality control? UADE Magazine, July 1981, Issue 12, Year II.
- Hygienic-sanitary Quality Control of In-flight Catering to prevent Food Toxic
Infections. Volume II of the Records of the II Quality Biennial Meeting; Buenos
Aires, November 1983.
- Assessment of the sanitary conditions of artisan, semi-industrial and
industrial ice creams in the City of Buenos Aires; La Alimentación
Latinoamericana Magazine, Issue Nº 151, March/April 1985.
- In-flight catering: hygienic aspects - Instruction manual for airplane kitchen
operators in Buenos Aires Catering S.A., Buenos Aires, 1984.
- International outlook on ice cream bacteriological quality; La Alimentación
Latinoamericana Magazine, Issue Nº 157, March/April 1986.
- Altering microorganisms in refrigerated dairy products in the City of Buenos
Aires - Pasteurized milk. Records of the First Latin-American Congress on Food
Microbiology, Buenos Aires, 1987.
- Altering Microbial Groups in Refrigerated Dairy Products in the City of Buenos
Aires - Pasteurized milk. Section Nº 47 of the National Program for Food
Technology Research; La Alimentación Latinoamericana Magazine Nº 171, July/August,
1988.
- Water Safety; Heladería y Panadería Latinoamericana Magazine, Issue Nº 103,
1992.
- The use of gases for food preservation; Intermercados Magazine, Issue Nº 1,
1992.
- Adapting systems to different communities; Catering Magazine, Issue Nº 13,
1992.
- Ready-made foods I; Catering Magazine, Issue Nº 14, October 1992.
- Ready-made foods II; Catering Magazine, Issue Nº 15, March/April 1993.
- Ready-made foods III; Catering Magazine, Issue Nº 16, May/June 1993.
- Sterilized foods; Catering Magazine, Issue Nº 17, August/ September 1993.
- Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (1995); La Alimentación Latinoamericana
Magazine, Issue Nº 208 (35-40) (and collaborators).
- Manual of procedures for microbiological testing of raw poultry and by-products
(1994)- Poultry Processing Companies Center (CEPA) (and collaborators).
- Manual of procedures for microbiological testing of food (1998). Food
Microbiology Course at the School of Agricultural Sciences, UADE Publication Nº
118 (and collaborators).
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