WEBINAR: Poultry Food Safety: How Formic Acid Supports Pathogen Reduction

Register to learn how the strategic use of formic acid in broiler diets can reduce pathogens in live birds and lessen the need for chemical treatments at the processing plant. 

Organic acids are known to be effective in animal feed for pathogen inhibition. Research has demonstrated the effectiveness of various applications of organic acids for pathogen reduction in feed and in animals. In this webinar, Dr. Steve Ricke, University of Wisconsin – Madison, will present research regarding the use of formic acid to support food safety and where this research could lead us in the future. Dr. Marilynn Finklin, Kemin Animal Nutrition and Health – North America, will present field data on formic acid inhibition of Salmonella when used in the diets of broiler chickens.

This webinar will broadcast at: 10:00 AM CST (Chicago) / 4:00 PM GMT (London) / 12:00 AM CST March 3rd (Beijing).

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

1. Learn how the strategic use of formic acid in broiler diets can reduce pathogens in live birds and lessen the need for chemical treatments at the processing plant.
2. Review of research-backed data on how formic acid can be used to support food safety at the processing plant, including Salmonella control.
3. Discover how FORMYL™ Na, an encapsulated formic acid product, can be used by producers to reduce Salmonella loads in broilers.

This webinar is sponsored by Kemin and presented by WATTPoultry and WATT Global Media.

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Speaker Info:

Dr. Steve Ricke, University of Wisconsin – Madison

Dr. Steven C. Ricke received his B.S. and M.S. from the Univ. of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL. and Ph.D. from the Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. Dr. Ricke was a USDA-ARS postdoctorate in the Microbiology Department at North Carolina State Univ then joined Texas A&M Univ. as a professor in the Poultry Science Dept.  In 2005, he became the first holder of the new Donald “Buddy” Wray Endowed Chair in Food Safety and Director of the Center for Food Safety at the University of Arkansas (UA) and was a faculty member of the Dept. of Food Science and Cellular and Molecular Graduate program until 2020. In October 2020 Dr. Ricke became of the Director of the Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery Program in the Animal and Dairy Sciences Dept. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received the Poultry Sci. Assoc. (PSA) Research Award in 1999, American Egg Board award in 2006, the PSA Evonik Award for Achievement in Poultry Science in 2019 and the PSA National Chicken Council Broiler Research Award in 2020.  He was honored as a Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Faculty Fellow in 2002 and the Division of Agriculture - UA John White Outstanding Research Award in 2012.  He served as co-founder and former President of the Arkansas Association of Food Protection (AAFP). He was named an AAFP Fellow in 2015, a PSA Fellow in 2017, an International for Food Protection Fellow in 2019 and a University of Wisconsin College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Distinguished Alumni in 2019.  He served as an American Society for Microbiology Distinguished Lecturer from 2015 to 2017. Dr. Ricke’s foodborne research projects have emphasized studies on the growth, survival and pathogenesis of pathogens in the poultry gastrointestinal tract (GIT) and its interaction with the GIT microbiota. He is also exploring the interaction between different prebiotics, the poultry GIT microbiota and host responses.

 

Dr. Marilynn Finklin, senior technical services manager at Kemin Animal Nutrition and Health – North America

Dr. Marilynn Finklin received her Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (BSA) in biological sciences and poultry science from the University of Georgia in 2001.  She then matriculated at Tuskegee University where she received her Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine (DVM) in 2005.  She then returned to the University of Georgia and graduated from the Master of Avian Medicine (MAM) program in 2006.  In 2007, she completed the qualifications to become a Diplomate of the American College of Poultry Veterinarians (ACPV) and is active in the American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP). Dr. Marilynn Finklin has practiced in various positions in poultry medicine and nutrition for more than 14 years at an array of top animal health companies. During her career she has worked with poultry producers all over the U.S. as well as abroad, focusing in various areas of bird health. She particularly specializes in intestinal health and coccidiosis control. She is currently a Senior Technical Services Manager at Kemin Animal Nutrition and Health – North America.