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RESUME by Ricardo A. Sobol
(Updatd in 2016)
I) PERSONAL DETAILS
• E-mail: 50601@foodcontrol.com
II) EDUCATION
II.1 High school studies
• Chemical Technician, graduated in 1964 from the National School of Technical
Education No. 1 of Avellaneda "Chemical Industries".
II.2 Undergraduate studies
• Degree in Industrial Food Technology, graduated in 1974 from the Faculty of
Agrarian Sciences of the (Universidad Argentina de la Empresa - UADE).
II.3 Postgraduate studies
• Diploma in Food Technology of the Higher Specialization Course at the
Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA) in Valencia, Spain, under
the Scientific Research Council and the "Juan de la Cierva" Technical Research
Board during the years 1975 and 1976.
• Specialist in Food Safety and Quality of the Specialization Course in Food
Safety and Quality (CEICA), which is taught at the Faculty of Veterinary
Medicine of the UBA, co-organized by PAHO / WHO, ANMAT and the SENASA, during
the years 1999 and 2000.
• Specialist in Agro - Food Quality Management Audit in the race co - organized
by the University of Salvador - IRAM - INTA in 2007.
• Magister in Audit of Agrifood Quality Management. University of Salvador -
IRAM - INTA. Approval of postgraduate thesis with outstanding: "Manufacture of
Prepared Ready-to-Eat Frozen Foods and their Microbiological Safety through the
Management of Sanitary Quality with HACCP", in March 2012.
III) BACKGROUND IN TEACHING
III.1 University teaching degree
• Professor of the Food Microbiology Chair of the Industrial Food Technology
course of the Faculty of Engineering and Exact Sciences of the Universidad
Argentina de la Empresa (UADE) from 1981 to December 2011. Adjunct Professor of
the chair mentioned above from 1977 to 1980. Associate Professor of the
aforementioned chair from 1974 to 1977.
• Professor of Food Microbiology in the Degree in Gastronomy at the Universidad
Argentina de la Empresa (UADE) from March 2007 to December 2011.
• Professor invited in the subject Food of the Race of Physicians Specialists in
Nutrition of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Buenos Aires from 1999
to 2007.
• Invited Professor of Food Hygiene in the subject Food Service Administration
at the School of Nutritionists - Dietitians at the Faculty of Medicine of the
U.B.A., in October 1991.
• Invited lecturer on the topic "Bromatological Aspects of Frozen Foods" in the
career of Nutritionists - Dietitians of the University of Buenos Aires, in 1987.
• Invited lecturer on the topic "Microbiology of Meat Products" within the
program of the Microbiology of Food subject of the Pharmacy career of the U.B.A.,
in November 1991.
III.2 Post-graduate university teaching
• Professor in Food Microbiology at the Postgraduate course of the International
Master in Food Technology organized by the University of Parma - Italy and the
Faculty of Agronomy of the Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) from May 2011 to
present.
• Professor of Food Microbiology in the postgraduate course in Food Technology
that is taught at the Universidad Tecnológica Nacional (UTN) - Buenos Aires
Headquarters from 2014 to present.
• Invited Professor of Hazards Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) in
the postgraduate course of Specialization in Food Safety and Quality (CEICA) at
the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences of the UBA in 2013 and 2016.
III.3 Teaching participation in postgraduate courses and training, updating and
extension activities
• Invited Professor of Ice Cream Microbiology Courses at the International Ice
Cream Parlors in 1986.
• Invited Professor of the "Food Hygiene and Conservation" courses in 1988,
organized by the Argentine Gastronomic Foundation.
• Invited lecturer on the topic "Food Hygiene" in the Professional Food
Preparation courses organized by International Catering Service (Swissair) in
Buenos Aires from 1987 to 1990.
• Invited lecturer of the course "Introduction to Food Hygiene" in the Alliance
of Restaurants of the Rio de la Plata in June 1990.
• Professor of the course "Specifications, Hygiene and Food Preservation" at the
Association of Tourism Hotels of the Argentine Republic in August 1990.
• Invited lecturer on the topic "Microbiological Aspects" in the course of
"Elaboration of Cooked Slawings" organized by the Center for Research and
Technology of Meats of the I.N.T.I. in August 1990.
• Invited lecturer on "Food Control" at the Aeronautical Medicine for Physicians
Course organized by the National Institute of Aeronautics and Space Medicine in
September 1990.
• Invited lecturer on "Hygiene in Processing of Industrial Meals", "Canned Food"
and "Additives"; as well as Coordinator of the Course "Food Industrialization"
organized by the Argentine Association of Dietitians and Nutritionists in
October and November 1990.
• Invited lecturer on Food Hygiene in Aviation Meetings at the MERCOSUR Seminar
on International Trade in Food and Foodborne Diseases organized by the National
Food Protection Program -PRONAPAL on December 11-13, 1991.
• Invited lecturer in the Food Microbiology Problem Module (12 hours) in the
postgraduate course organized by the Faculty of Exact Sciences of the
Universidad del Nordeste and the College of Biochemists of the Province of
Corrientes (Argentina) in April 1993.
• Invited professor for the dictation of the topic "Refrigerated Food
Microbiology" at the School of Nutritionists - Dietitians at the University of
Buenos Aires in March 1994.
• Professor invited by the National University of the Center of the Province of
Buenos Aires to lecture on "Prepared Meals Frozen and Catering" in the
postgraduate course "Food Microbiology" of the Doctorate in Animal Science of
the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences on September 29, 1995 in Tandil, in the
province of Buenos Aires.
• Professor invited by the Institute of Food of the Secretary of Public Health
of the Municipality of Rosario to dictate the Seminar "Microbial Aspects Related
to Food Safety" in 2009 and 2010.
III.4 Presentations in Conferences, Meetings and Meetings
• Rapporteur on the topic "Food Hygiene" in the 1st. Argentinean International
Gastronomy Days organized by the Argentine Gastronomic Foundation in 1982.
• Rapporteur on the topic "Importance of Food Hygiene in Dish Technology" at the
Conference for Gastronomy organized by the Center for Entrepreneurial
Development of the Diners Club in 1982.
• Lecturer of the "Food Conservation and Treatment" cycle organized by the
Argentine Gastronomic Foundation during the months of November and December of
1983.
• Lecturer at the Second Quality Biennial on "Hygiene and Sanitary Quality
Control of Foods for Aviation in the Prevention of Foodborne Illnesses" in
Buenos Aires, November 1983.
• Lecturer on the topics "Food Microbiology" and "Argentine Food Code" at the
First Seminar on Handmade Ice Cream in the City of Mendoza on August 9-14, 1984.
• Lecturer on the topic "Bromatological Aspects" in the First Day of Update on
the Domestic Management of Frozen Foods, organized by the Frozen Foundation on
May 9, 1985.
• Lecturer on the topics "General Bromatological Aspects" and "Critical Control
Points" at the VI Technical Seminar on Ice Cream Processing organized by
Publitec, May 13-16, 1985.
• Lecturer on the topic "Food Hygiene and Consumer Health" within the cycle of
university conferences organized in the 32nd. International Exhibition of
Livestock, Agriculture and Industry prepared by the Argentine Rural Society on
August 2, 1985.
• Lecturer in the topics "Food Microbiology" and "Argentine Food Code" in the
2nd. Seminar of Handmade Ice Cream in the City of Tucumán on August 1-4, 1985.
• Lecturer on the theme "Food Hygiene" at the First National Congress of Tourism
organized by the Argentine Chamber of Tourism in September 1987.
• Lecturer on the topic "Hygienic Quality of Food Prepared for Aviation" at the
Food Hygiene session or booth of the First Latin American Congress on
Standardization and Quality Control in the Health and Environment Area in
October 1987.
• Lecturer on the theme "Sanitary Education for Operators of Catering for Air
Catering" at the Sanitary Education Roundtable of the First Latin American
Congress of Food Microbiology in November 1987.
• Conference on the theme "Food Hygiene" at the Sanitation Department of the
City of Mar del Plata in September 1988.
• Lecturer on the topic "Hygienic Control of Refrigerated Meals for Air
Catering" at the Second Latin American Congress of Food Microbiology in Caracas,
Venezuela on November 5-10, 1989.
• Lecturer on the topic "Hygienic Control of Frozen Foods to Serve on Airplanes"
in the course "The Laboratory of Microbiology in Diseases of Food Origin"
organized by the Argentine Biochemical Association on November 17, 1989.
• Lecturer on the theme "Salmonellosis Incidence in Air Catering" at the seminar
"Foodborne Diseases" organized by the Postgraduate School of Britania S.A., in
April 1990.
• Lecturer on the topic "Aspects in Cholera Prevention" at the Association of
Tourism Hotels of the Argentine Republic on May 23, 1991.
• Lecturer on the subject "Microbiology of Ice Cream" at the exhibition
SAIHEL'91 on July 30, 1991 in Buenos Aires.
• Lecturer on "Food Hygiene of Food for Aviation" at the IV Conference on
Sterilization and II Conference on Hospital Hygiene at the National Hospital of
Pediatrics "Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan" on November 28-30, 1991.
• Lecturer on "Prepared Foods" at the Technical Conferences of the International
Fair of Food Technology in Buenos Aires on September 9, 1992.
• Lecturer on "Refrigerated Food" at the Technical Conference of the
International Fair of Food Technology in Buenos Aires on September 9, 1992.
• Lecturer on the topic "Microbiology" at the First Latin American Congress of
Ice Cream Makers: “Ice Cream and Quality” in Buenos Aires on July 27, 1992.
• Rapporteur on the theme "Refrigerated Meals" at the 56th ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC
BIOCHEMICAL TRIDUUM in Buenos Aires on October 28-31, 1992.
• Lecturer on the theme "Hygienic Shelter in the Elaboration of Meals for Large
Consumers" in the III HOSPITAL HYGIENE CONFERENCE on June 11,1992 in Buenos
Aires.
• Lecturer on "Microbiology of Prepared Dishes" at the First Symposium on
Microbiological Standards for Food and Beverage Control organized on November
3-5, 1993 by the Argentine Association of Microbiology.
• Lecturer on "Hygienic Care in Prepared Meals for Catering" at the Conference
on Bromatology and Nutrition in Córdoba, on October 6-8, 1994 in the city of
Córdoba.
• Lecturer on the topic "Food Hygiene" and coordinator in the Course of Catering
in the 2nd TECNOALIMENTARIA Conference, October 23-24, 1994 in Buenos Aires.
• Lecturer on the topic "Microbiological and Catering Controls" in the
pre-congress "Microbiology of Food and Water" at the 7th Argentine Congress of
Microbiology organized by the Argentine Association of Microbiology on March
5-7, 1995.
• Lecturer on "Harmonization between the Private Sector - Center for Poultry
Processors (CEPA) - and the Public Sector (SENASA), for the Modification of a
Microbiological Recommendation" at the International Seminar "The Food Control
Crisis City of Buenos Aires "organized by the Office of the Ombudsman of the
City of Buenos Aires on May 17-19, 1995.
• Lecturer on the topic "Sanitary Risks in the Preparation of Prepared Meals" in
the course "Foodborne Microorganisms and Related Topics of Increasing
Importance", at the IV Latin American Congress of Microbiology and Food Hygiene,
on April 15, 1996 in Lima, Peru.
• Lecturer on the topic "Application of HACCP in Flight Kitchens" at the Food
and Tourism Hygiene Roundtable at the IV Latin American Congress of Microbiology
in Food Hygiene on April 18, 1996 in Lima, Peru.
• Lecturer on the topic "Microbiology of Prepared Foods" at the 2nd Symposium on
Microbiological Standards for the Control of Food and Beverages organized in the
city of Córdoba by the Argentine Association of Microbiology, Córdoba, on June
13-14, 1996.
• Lecturer on the theme "Hygienic Safeguards in the Preparation of Meals" within
the conference cycle of TECNOFIDTA'96 in September 1996.
• Lecturer on the topic "Application of Bromatology in Gastronomy" at the Hotel,
Gastronomy and Catering Conference at the Alvear Palace Hotel on August 20-21,
1997.
• Lecturer on the topics "Microbiological Studies of Critical Points in the
Candy Industry and Environmental Microbiological Conditions" in the 3rd Latin
American Seminar on Chocolates, Sweets and Bakery organized at the UADE on
August 25-29, 1997.
• Lecturer on "Critical Points in Food Preparation for Air Catering" at the
Fifth Latin American Congress of Microbiology and Food Hygiene in Brazil on
November 22-26, 1998.
• Lecturer on the theme "Catering. Hygiene of Frozen Foods "at the Round Table
on Foodborne Diseases at the 2001 Bromatological Conference organized by the
Veterinary College of the Province of Buenos Aires in the City of La Plata on
November 14-16, 2001.
• Lecturer on the topic "Hygienic Safeguards in the Preparation of Food for Air
Catering" at the Seventh Latin American Congress of Microbiology and Food
Hygiene in Chile in November 2002.
• Lecturer on the topic: "Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli, Methodologies of
Prevention" at the Roundtable: "Current Topics in Microbiology and Food Quality"
at the VIII Latin American Congress of Microbiology and Food Hygiene in Colombia
in May 2005.
• Lecturer on the Implementation of Food Safety Programs in Catering at the
Seminar "Eating without Risks" in the framework of Baires Expo Alimentaria in
the city of Buenos Aires in June 2005.
• Lecturer on the topic "Evaluating the in vitro Effectiveness of Naturally
Occurring Biopreservatives to Inhibit the Development of Enterobacteria" in the
Conference of Scientific Update on Science and Technology organized by QDA
(Approach Science to the Teacher) in July and October of 2006.
• Lecturer on "Evaluation of Natural Bio-Boilers to Inhibit the Development of
Enterobacteria" and also at the "Symposium of Food Safety Programs in Latin
America" at the IX Latin American Congress of Microbiology and Food Hygiene in
Margarita Island, Venezuela in May 2007.
• Lecturer on "Considerations for Public Health Care in Fresh Vegetable
Consumption" at the Workshop: Microbiological Risks of Fresh Food Production in
Urban and Peri-urban Areas in Latin America and the Caribbean organized by the
International Development Research Center (IDRC), Canada and the Center for
Research and Advanced Studies-IPN, U. Irapuato (Cinvestav-IPN), in the city of
Irapuato - Mexico on November 10-12, 2010.
• Lecturer on the topic "Delivery of Prepared Foods. How to Ensure its Safety?
at the International Seminar "Microbiological topics for food safety" organized
by the LAS - ICMSF in Lima, Peru from July 22 to 23, 2011.
• Lecturer on the topic "Delivery of Prepared Foods. How to Guarantee its
Safety? "At the International Seminar" Topics in Food Microbiology "organized by
organized by the LAS - ICMSF in Viña del Mar, Chile on November 12-13, 2013.
• Lecturer on "Latin American Laboratory Capacity to Guarantee Microbiological
Food Safety - Argentine Experience" at the XII Latin American Congress of
Microbiology and Food Hygiene in Foz de Iguazú, Paraná, Brazil, in October 2014.
• Lecturer on "Bacillus cereus, Incidence and Risks in Prepared Foods" at the
XIII Latin American Congress of Microbiology and Food Hygiene in Medellín,
Colombia, in September 2016.
IV) STUDY SCHOLARSHIPS
• Scholar by the General Directorate of International Technical Cooperation of
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain, for ten months to develop postgraduate
studies at IATA (Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology of Valencia) in
1975/1976.
• Scholar by the Permanent Advisory Office of International Technical Assistance
of the Ministry of Labor of Spain, for one month to carry out studies on Mollusc
Industrialization in 1976 at the University of La Coruña - Spain.
V) RESEARCH BACKGROUND
V.1 Projects, tasks and research posts
• Determination of quality parameters; Chemical and bacteriological in Argentine
Ricotta Cheese. Under the direction of Mr. Francisco González, an engineer and
presented at the Argentine Institute of Rationalization of Materials, in 1974.
• Study of some bacteriological parameters in quick-frozen precooked foods,
under the direction of Prof. Dr. Enrique Hernández in the Institute of
Agrochemistry and Food Technology of Valencia-Spain, years 1975 and 1976.
• Research Assistant from 1976 to 1977, Coordinator from 1977 to 1980 and
Director from 1980 to 1983 of the Center of Science and Technology of Food
–CECYTA of the Faculty of Agrarian Sciences of the Universidad Argentina de la
Empresa.
• Coordinator of the research project "Study of Psychotrophic Microflora in
Dairy Products" within the National Program of Food Technology of the
Secretariat of Science and Technology of the Nation in 1982.
• Director of the research project "Evaluation of the Sanitary State of
Artisanal and Industrial Ice Cream in the City of Buenos Aires", sponsored by
the industry. Faculty of Agrarian Sciences of the Universidad Argentina de la
Empresa in 1983.
• Director of the research project "Antimicrobial Activity of Boldo and
Chamomile". Faculty of Engineering and Exact Sciences of the Universidad
Argentina de la Empresa in 2001.
• Director of the research project "Evaluation of Antimicrobial Substances for
Raw Ground Poultry". Faculty of Engineering and Exact Sciences of the
Universidad Argentina de la Empresa in 2004.
• Director of the research project "Antimicrobial Activity of Yerba Mate (Ilex
paraguariensis)". Faculty of Engineering and Exact Sciences of the Universidad
Argentina de la Empresa in 2009.
• Director of the research project "Evaluation of Blueberry (Vaccinium
corymbosum) (Blueberry) to Inhibit MicrobialDevelopment". Faculty of Engineering
and Exact Sciences of the Universidad Argentina de la Empresa in 2009.
• Director of the research project "Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activity of
Aromatic Herbs Applicable to the Marinating Process of Meat Products". Faculty
of Engineering and Exact Sciences of the Universidad Argentina de la Empresa and
the National Technological University in the year 2013 to present.
V.2 Research papers presented in Congresses and Magazines
• "Rappaport-Vassiliadis Medium for Recovery of Salmonella spp from Low
Microbial Load Foods: Collaborative Study", Journal of AOAC International, Vol.
84, No. 1, 2001, 65-83. Participation with other international laboratories in
collaboration with the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition of the U.S.
FDA.
• Presentation of the poster "Evaluating the in vitro Effectiveness of
Biopreservatives (of natural origin) to Inhibit the Development of
Enterobacteria" at the VIII Latin American Congress of Microbiology and Food
Hygiene in Bogota, Colombia in May 2005.
• Presentation of the poster "Yerba Mate Antimicrobial Activity (Ilex
paraguariensis)" at the X Latin American Congress of Microbiology and Food
Hygiene in Punta de Este, Uruguay in October 2009.
• Presentation of the poster "Evaluation of Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum)
(Blueberry) to Inhibit Microbial Development" at the X Latin American Congress
of Microbiology and Food Hygiene in Punta de Este, Uruguay in October 2009.
• Presentation of the poster "Antibacterial Activity of Blueberry Oleoresin in
Aqueous and Meat Matrices" at the XI Latin American Congress of Microbiology and
Food Hygiene in Buenos Aires in November 2012.
• Poster presentation "Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activity of Aromatic Herbs
Applicable to the Marinating Process of Meat Products" at the XII Latin American
Congress of Microbiology and Food Hygiene in Foz de Iguazú, Paraná, Brazil in
October 2014.
V.3 Postgraduate Thesis Management
• Mestre, Graciela - Specialist in Food Safety and Quality (UBA, SENASA, ANMAT
and OPS). Topic: "Reevaluation and Update of the Analysis Plan and Critical
Control Points in the Production of Institutional Food for People with
Immunodeficiencies". Rating: Outstanding. October 2004.
• Fernández, José Ignacio - Magister in Food Science and Technology (University
of Parma, Italy and Faculty of Agronomy, UBA). Topic: "Staphylococcus xylosus as
Surface Starter in dried sausage products". Rating: Outstanding. November 2012.
VI) PARTICIPATION IN COMMITTEES EVALUATORS AND JURIES
• Jury for the Publitec award presented at the Fifth Latin American Congress of
Food Microbiology in Brazil on November 22-26, 1998.
• Jury for the presentation of scientific summaries at the IX Argentine Congress
of Microbiology held in Buenos Aires on October 7-11, 2001.
• Member of the Scientific Committee, Prize Jury and Coordinator of the Round
Table "Emerging Pathogens" in the framework of the Fourth Symposium of the Latin
American and Caribbean Section of the AOAC International "Analytical Challenges
for the New Millennium" in Montevideo, Uruguay on November 18- 22, 2001.
• Member of the Curricular Commission of the Food career of the Faculty of
Engineering and Exact Sciences of the UADE in 2005.
• Jury for the selection of the best Latin American research work at the 7th
International Symposium on Shiga Toxin (Verocytotoxin) - Producing Escherichia
coli Infections in Buenos Aires in May 2009.
• Jury for the selection of the best research work of application to the
industry in the X Latin American Congress of Microbiology and Food Hygiene in
Punta del Este, Uruguay in October 2009.
• Jury for the selection of the best research work of application to the food
industry at the XI Latin American Congress of Microbiology and Food Hygiene in
Buenos Aires in November 2012.
• Jury for the selection of research work from the food area at the XIII
Argentine Congress of Microbiology in Buenos Aires on September 23-26, 2013.
• Jury for the selection of research work from the food area at the XXIII Latin
American Congress of Microbiology and XV Argentine Congress of Microbiology in
Rosario, Santa Fe, on September 26-30, 2016.
VII) PARTICIPATION IN CONGRESSES, CONFERENCES, MEETINGS
VII.1 Organization and Moderation
• Secretary of the exhibition session of the First Day of Updating in Science
and Technology of Lipids, organized by the Argentine Institute of Fats and Oils,
representing the U.A.D.E.
• General Secretary of the First National Conference on Science and Food
Technology Education organized by CECYTA and the Faculty of Agrarian Sciences of
the U.A.D.E. in October 1978.
• Coordinator of the conference "Food Deterioration by Growth of Fungi",
organized by the U.A.D.E. in October 1982 at the Argentine Scientific Society.
• Member of the discussion group "The Update of the Argentine Food Code" in the
framework of the International Ice Cream Parlor / 86 in September 1986.
• Secretary General in the Organizing Committee of the First Latin American
Congress on Food Microbiology and the First Symposium on Food Preservation
organized by the Argentine Association of Microbiology for November 1987 in
Buenos Aires.
• Member of the Working Group "Teaching of Food Microbiology" in the framework
of the 1st. Latin American Congress of Food Microbiology, in Buenos Aires, from
August to November 1987.
• Moderator in the Round Table "Microbiological Control in Service
Establishments and Catering" in the framework of the 2nd Latin American Congress
of Food Microbiology in Caracas, Venezuela on November 5-10, 1989.
• Member of the Scientific Committee, Coordinator of the Panel: "Risk and
Control of Prepared Foods" and participant of the ICMSF Latin American
Subcommittee Roundtable: "Emerging Diseases in Latin America", within the
framework of the III Latin American Congress of Microbiology and Food Hygiene on
November 29-December 5, 1992 in Montevideo, Uruguay.
• Member of the Organizing Committee of the VI Argentine Congress of Food
Science and Technology on April 4-13, 1994.
• Member of the Organizing Committee and Coordinator of the Round Table "Quality
Assurance in Microbiological Analysis Laboratories" at the "Second International
Symposium of the Latin American and Caribbean Section of AOAC International"
held on June 22-25, 1997 in Buenos Aires.
• Member of the Organizing Committee of the Third Rioplatenses Conference on
Microbiology in Buenos Aires on October 12-15, 1997.
• Coordinator of the Round Table "Deterioration of Food Quality by Microbial
Contamination" at the VIII Argentine Congress of Microbiology, organized in
Buenos Aires by the Argentine Association of Microbiology on September 6-9,
1998.
• Coordinator of the Round Table "Tourism, Catering and Food Safety" at the VI
Latin American Congress of Food Microbiology in the City of Buenos Aires on
November 22, 2000.
• President of the "VI Latin American Congress on Food Microbiology", "II
Argentine Symposium on Food Conservation", "I Argentine Congress on Food
Microbiology" and "I Latin American Meeting on Food Microbiology" in the City of
Buenos Aires on November 20-24, 2000.
• Vice President of the II Argentine Congress of Food Microbiology, organized by
the Food Divide of the Argentine Association of Microbiology and carried out in
the city of Santa Fe on May 14-16, 2003.
• Coordinator of the International Seminar "Challenges in the Management of Food
Safety" given by Prof. Michiel van Schothorst of the University of Wageningen
(the Netherlands) on behalf of the ICMSF, in the city of Buenos Aires on
November 27-28, 2003.
• Coordinator of the Roundtable on "Bacterial Toxins" at the "Interdisciplinary
Conference on Food Toxicology" organized by the Argentine Toxicological
Association in the City of Buenos Aires on September 20, 2005.
• Member of the Organizing Committee of the First Latin American and Argentine
Congress of Microbiology of Medicines organized by the Argentine Association of
Microbiology in the City of Buenos Aires on November 7-11, 2005.
• Vice President of the III Argentine Congress of Food Microbiology organized by
the Food Division (DAMyC) of the Argentine Association of Microbiology in the
City of Buenos Aires on November 8-10, 2006.
• Coordinator of the Round Table "Advances in Food Safety Management in Latin
America (LAS / ICMSF) and rapporteur of the theme:" Beef Safety Management "in
the framework of the X Latin American Congress of Microbiology and Food Hygiene
in Punta del Este, Uruguay in October 2009.
• President of the "XI Latin American Congress of Food Microbiology", "IV
Argentine Food Preservation Symposium" and "III Argentine Congress of Food
Microbiology", organized by the LAS - ICMSF and the DAMyC of AAM in the City of
Buenos Aires on November 26-29, 2012.
VII.2 Event Attendance
• Member of the 6th Argentine Congress of Nutrition in October 1976.
• Member of the VII Latin American Congress of Microbiology representing the
U.A.D.E.
• Attendee of the 2nd Seminar of the Food Division of the Argentine Association
of Microbiology.
• Member of the 2nd Argentine Congress of Microbiology, representing the
U.A.D.E., in June 1977.
• Representative of the Universidad Argentina de la Empresa at the First Seminar
on Higher Education in Science and Food Engineering organized by the Pontifical
Catholic University of Valparaíso, Chile, in August 1980.
• Member of the First Regional Conferences on Quality Control in the Bromatology
Laboratory organized by the Committee of Standardization and Quality Control of
Tres de Febrero - Buenos Aires on May 21-23, 1981.
• Participant of the Argentine Congress of Food Science and Technology,
organized by the Argentine Association of Food Technologists in November 1981.
• Fellow member of the Pan American Congress of Milk, in Buenos Aires on April
17-25, 1982.
• Assistant to the V Technical Update Seminar on the Artisanal Ice Cream
Elaboration in August 1983.
• Member of the Second Regional Conference on Quality Control in the Bromatology
Laboratory organized by the Committee of Standardization and Quality Control of
Tres de Febrero - Buenos Aires on June 7-9, 1984.
• Member of the World Congress of Food Technology organized by the Boston Bank
Foundation in Buenos Aires, in September 1984.
• Member of the technical area of the IV Argentine Congress of Microbiology
organized by the Argentine Association of Microbiology in Buenos Aires, in July
1985.
• Member of the Third Regional Conference on Quality Control in the Bromatology
Laboratory organized by the Committee of Standardization and Quality Control of
Tres de Febrero in Buenos Aires, in August 1985.
• Assistant to the XI Latin American Congress and VI Argentine Congress of
Microbiology, in Buenos Aires on April 15-19, 1991.
• Assistant to the annual meeting of the International Commission on
Microbiological Specifications for Foods (ICMSF) in León, Spain on November 7-9,
1994.
• Assistant to the XVII Latin American Congress of Microbiology and X Argentine
Congress of Microbiology organized by the Argentine Association of Microbiology
in Buenos Aires on October 17 -21, 2004.
VIII) PARTICIPATION IN PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
• Member of the Subcommittee of Products of the Fishing Industry dependent of
the Argentine Institute of Rationalization of Materials (IRAM) in 1980.
• Participant of the Meeting to study methods of chemical analysis to determine
the presence of preservatives in food; Organized by the National Directorate of
Chemistry on September 25-26, 1980.
• Ad-honorem advisor to the Frozen Food Foundation in the field of Bromatology
and Food Hygiene in 1986.
• Member of the Commission of Applicability of Biocidal Agents to Food Products
at the National Institute of Pharmacology and Bromatology of the Ministry of
Health and Social Action of the Nation in April 1991.
• Member of the Working Group Nutrition for the preparation of the IRAM 14201
standard on Good Hygiene Practices in the elaboration of Meals Services since
May 1999 at the Argentinean Institute of Standardization.
• Appointed by Aerolineas Argentinas and following the outbreak of cholera in
South America, assessed the sanitary and hygienic suitability of the flight
kitchens of Peru, Chile and Bolivia in June, August and September 1991.
• Technical Advisor of the Bromatological Sanitary Control Program for
Establishments in the City of Buenos Aires implemented by the City of Buenos
Aires from January 1993 to May 1994.
• Vice President and Director of the Technical Area of the Argentine Chamber of
Independent, Bromatological, Environmental and Allied Laboratories (CALIBA) from
1996 to 1999.
• Member of the Board of Directors of the Argentine Accreditation Agency (OAA),
representing CALIBA from 1996 to 1999.
• Member of the IRAM MICROBIOLOGY Subcommittee since its inception in November
1999.
• Member of the Technical Group of Microbiological Criteria organized by the
National Food Commission under the Ministry of Public Health of the Nation
representing the LAS for the study and inclusion of Microbiological Criteria
with the ICMSF system in the Argentine Food Code for related foods with
Escherichia coli infection producing verotoxins during July and August 2003, for
inclusion in the Argentine Food Code.
• Member of the National Working Group of the "Draft Proposed Draft Review of
Principles for the Establishment and Application of Microbiological Criteria for
Foods" - Milk Powder - of the National Codex Alimentarius Committee on Food
Hygiene in 2012.
• Member of the Agro-Food Commission of the Certification Committee of IRAM -
Argentine Institute for Standardization and Certification from May 2008 to
present.
IX) MEMBERSHIP OF SCIENTIFIC ENTITIES
• Active member of the Argentine Association of Food Technologists.
• Professional member of the Union Internationale des Laboratoires Independants,
since January 1983.
• Active member of the Argentine Association of Microbiology. President of the
Food, Drug and Cosmetics Division from January 1, 1984 to January 7, 1989.
Treasurer from 1989 to 2001. President from June 2001 to May 2004. Vice
President in 2016.
• Member of the Professional Council of Chemistry since 1988.
• Member of the Board of Directors of the Argentine Association of Microbiology
from July 1992 to July 1993.
• Full member of AOAC International since 1993. Member of the Argentine group
since 1994.
• Delegate representing Argentina in the Latin American Subcommittee on Food
Microbiology (LAS) of the International Commission on Microbiological
Specifications for Foods (ICMSF) since November 1989. Appointed Secretary of the
LAS-ICMSF by its Board of Directors since April 18, 1996 in Lima, Peru.
X) ATTENDANCE TO POSTGRADUATE COURSES AND ACTIVITIES
• Planning and Control of the Production, course of a quarter dictated in the
Argentine Center of Engineers in Buenos Aires in 1971.
• Preservation of Food, Dehydration and Preserves, a course of a semester
dictated in the Department of Industries of the Faculty of Exact and Natural
Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires by doctors Cattaneo, Chirife and
Pagliaro in 1973.
• Quality Control in the Food Industry, intensive international course of one
week, organized by the Argentine Institute of Quality Control and dictated by
the doctors J.J. Riordan and R.L. Stier in Buenos Aires in 1973.
• Mollusc Industrialization - IV Fisheries Specialization Course of one month,
dictated at the Labor University of La Coruña (Spain) in 1976.
• Contaminants in Food and Contamination Indicators, first seminar of the Food
Division of the Argentine Association of Microbiology in Buenos Aires in 1978.
• Elaboration of Carnal Preserves, intensive course of two weeks, organized by
the Center for Research and Technology of Meats of the I.N.T.I. in Buenos Aires
in 1979.
• Enzymes in Food, a three-day course, given at the Argentine Biochemical
Association in Buenos Aires in 1979.
• Microbiological Analysis of Dairy Products, a theoretical and practical course
of one week, dictated at the National Institute of Pharmacology and Bromatology
in Buenos Aires in 1980.
• 2nd Course on Food Protection - Canned Food, organized by the Pan American
Zoonoses Center and the City of Buenos Aires on October 2- November 18, 1980.
• Texture in Food, seminar organized by the Latin American Center for Training
and Development in April 1981.
• Water Activity and Microbial Growth in Foods, intensive international course
taught by Dr. J.A. Troller of U.S.A., organized by the SECYT and the Department
of Industries of the Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences of the U.B.A. on June
22- 26, 1981
• Advances in Food Microbiology and Applied Microbiology, an intensive
international course taught by Prof. Dr. Anthony J. Sinskey of the USA,
organized by the Argentine Chemical Association and the Scientific Research
Commission of the Province of Buenos Aires on August 10-14, 1981.
• Quality Control in the Food Industry, as coordinator of the intensive
international course given by Dr. Gabriel Jimenez Serrano, Chile, organized by
the CECYTA of the U.A.D.E. on August 3-14, 1981.
• Progress in Food Conservation Technology, as coordinator of the international
course given by Prof. Dr. Bernardo Lafuente, from Spain, organized by the CECYTA
of the U.A.D.E. on October 28-November 3, 1981.
• Prepared Meals Technology "Catering" as coordinator of the international
seminar given by Prof. Dr. Bernardo Lafuente, from Spain, organized by the
CECYTA of the U.A.D.E. from November 4-6, 1981.
• Quality Control in the Meat Industry, organized by the Center for Research and
Technology of Meats of the I.N.T.I., on June 14-July 8, 1982.
• Mycotoxins, a theoretical-practical course organized by the Argentine
Association of Microbiology in the Chair of Microbiology of the Faculty of Exact
and Natural Sciences of the U.B.A. in August 1982.
• Isolation, Enumeration and Identification of Clostridium perfringens in Food,
Theoretical and Practical Course Organized by the Argentine Association of
Microbiology in the Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences of the U.B.A. in
August 1982.
• Introduction to Computing, theoretical course given at the Institute of
Informatics of the U.A.D.E. in August 1982.
• Food poisoning, a theoretical course organized by the Argentine Association of
Microbiology in December 1983.
• Experimental Determination of Water Activity in Food, theoretical and
practical course organized by the Department of Industries of the Faculty of
Exact and Natural Sciences of the U.B.A. on October 3-14, 1983.
• Food Electrophoresis, a theoretical and practical course organized by the
Argentine Association of Food Technologists in November 1984.
• Preparation of Prepared Meals, theoretical-practical course given by Prof.
Wolfgang Kuchenbecker, Head of Food Development of F. Homann A.G. of West
Germany at the Center for Research and Technology of Meats of I.N.T.I. on
October 6-10, 1986.
• Advances in Food Microbiology, theoretical course given by Prof. Dr. D.A.A.
Mossel, principal lecturer in Food and Water Microbiology at Utrecht University,
the Netherlands, in the city of Buenos Aires on November 30- December 2, 1987.
• Quality Management in the Food Industry, a theoretical course given by Mr.
Daniel Schattner, Quality Manager of San Sebastián, in the Asociación Química
Argentina during the month of October 1988.
• Microbiology of meats and derivatives, theoretical and practical course taught
by Prof. Jeanne Fournaud of the I.N.R.A. of France, in the Argentine Association
of Microbiology on September 19-23,1988.
• Frozen Food Microbiology, a theoretical and practical course given by the
National Food Protection Program at the Pan American Zoonoses Center, Buenos
Aires on November 14-18, 1988.
• New trends in the candy industry dictated by the Association of Graduates in
Food Technology of the U.A.D.E. on November 1-3, 1989.
• Rapid Methods for Counting and Identification of Microorganisms issued at the
Department of Food Technology of I.N.T.I. on November 28-30, 1990.
• XI Latin American Congress of Microbiology organized by the Argentine
Association of Microbiology in Buenos Aires on April 15-19, 1991.
• Advances in Food Microbiology, a theoretical course given by Dr. Lynton J. Cox
of NESTEC - Switzerland, organized by the Food Division (DAMYC) of the Argentine
Association of Microbiology on April 22-24, 1991.
• Bases and Principles for the Implementation of the HACCP System in Food
Processing, theoretical and practical course given by Dr. Frank L. Bryan, U.S.A.
on August 5-9, 1991 in Buenos Aires.
• Sporeformers of importance in the Food Industry, theoretical course organized
by the National Institute of Pharmacology and Bromatology on November 27-29,
1991.
• Mycology of Food, theoretical course organized by the Department of Organic
Chemistry of the Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences of the University of
Buenos Aires on July 29-August 7, 1992.
• Procedures for Implementing the Risk Analysis and Critical Control Points in
Food Preparation, an international course given in Buenos Aires by Professor Dr.
Frank L. Bryan (USA) on November 16 -20, 1992.
• Food Quality, organized by the National Technological University and the
Argentine Institute for Rationalization of Materials (30 hours) in May-June
1993.
• Rapid Methods for the Detection of Microorganisms, dictated by Dr. Graciela de
Antoni at the CIDCA in La Plata (25 hours) on July 5-7, 1993.
• Food Toxicology, organized by the Pan American Institute of Food Protection
and Zoonoses (INPPAZ) of PAHO / WHO in Buenos Aires on November 15-26, 1993 (70
hours).
• Determination of Vibrio cholerae in Food, organized by the Pan American
Institute of Food Protection and Zoonoses (INPPAZ) of PAHO / WHO in Buenos Aires
on December 6-10, 1993 (35 hours).
• Food Quality and Safety: "An international concern", organized by Fundación
Chile in Santiago, dictated by Dr. F. Quevedo, on May 24-25, 1994 (16 hours).
• Microbiological aspects in relation to Quality Assurance in Beverage
Processing, organized at the 2nd TECNOALIMENTARIA Conference, given by Dr. L.
Beuchat (USA) in Buenos Aires on October 21-22, 1994 (4:00 p.m.).
• Recent developments on the design of Foods by Obstacle Technology with
particular reference to Meat Products, organized at the 2nd TECNOALIMENTARIA
Conference, given by Dr. L. Leistner (Germany) in Buenos Aires on October 24-25,
1994 (16 hours).
• Seminar on Food Microbiology, organized by the Ministry of Health and Consumer
Affairs and the ICMSF in León, Spain on November 10-11, 1994 (12 hours).
• Course on "Antimicrobial activity of chemical germicides" carried out by DAMYC
- AAM on June 9, 1995.
• Assistant to the course "Introduction to Risk Analysis and Critical Control
Points issued at CIDCA - CONICET by Dr. D. Selivonchick of the Department of
Science and Technology of Oregon State University on June 15-16, 1995 at the
CIDCA of La Plata, Argentina.
• Course on "Rapid methods for the Microbiological Analysis of Foods" dictated
by Dr. A.N. Sharpe (Canada), at the IV Latin American Congress of Microbiology
and Food Hygiene, on April 12-13, 1996 in Lima, Peru.
• International Seminar on "Risk Analysis Systems and Critical Control Points"
organized by SE.NA.S.A. at INPPAZ on August 15-16, 1996.
• "Good Laboratory Practices", organized by the Argentine Chemical Association
and the National Institute of Medicines in September / October 1996.
• First Seminar on "Hygienic Control and Food Residues for MERCOSUR Countries",
organized by SENASA at INNPAZ (PAHO) on November 26-29, 1996.
• Participatory Workshops "Food in the City of Buenos Aires" on "Epidemiology of
Foodborne Diseases", organized by the Ombudsman Office of the City of Buenos
Aires in August 1996.
• International Seminar "The Crisis of Food Control in the City of Buenos Aires,
Other Aspects", organized by the Office of the Ombudsman of the city of Buenos
Aires on October 30- November 1, 1996.
• "Development, Optimization and Validation Procedures in the Analytical
Laboratory and Achievement of Conformity for Quality Assurance" at the Second
Symposium of AOAC International in Buenos Aires on June 22-25, 1997.
• "Management and Quality Assurance in the Laboratory of Tests" course given at
the Faculty of Engineering of the UBA in July 1997.
• Seminar on "Calibration of Balances for Laboratories", as coordinator,
organized by CALIBA on October 30, 1997.
• Seminar on "Analytical Uncertainty", as coordinator, organized by CALIBA on
November 28, 1997.
• Course of Calibration Systems in Food Control S.A., dictated by Mr. Horacio
Napolitano de Jenck S.A. on 12 March 1998.
• Course of Elements of the Quality System for Analytical Laboratories in Food
Control S.A. Dictated by Mr. Horacio Napolitano de Jenck S.A. on March 24, 1998.
• International AOAC Course on "Quality Assurance in Analytical Laboratories" by
Drs. Valcarcel and Ríos of the University of Córdoba , Spain, as coordinator, in
Buenos Aires on June 4-6, 1998.
• Course of Uncertainty in Food Control S.A., dictated by Mr. Horacio Napolitano
de Jenck S.A. on September 19, 1998.
• International Course on "Laboratory Evaluators - ISO Guide 25" by Ken Parson
of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) at the Faculty of
Engineering - UBA in Buenos Aires on October 13-15, 1998.
• International Course on "Procedures for the Disposal of Hazardous Waste in the
Laboratory" issued by Argentina Vindiola, an engineer and Chief of Security of
AOAC International in Buenos Aires on October 15-17, 1998.
• "Accreditation by ISO 25 of Microbiological Testing Laboratories", course
given by Dr. Delia Krivoruchko of INTI at the Argentine Chemical Association on
November 2-5, 1998.
• Training Course for Trainers in 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 given by representatives of FAO in
Buenos Aires on November 9-13, 1998 (45 hours).
• HACCP Food Safety Auditors Training Course - ISO 9000, organized by IRAM and
given by Mr. Randy A. Dougherty of NSF International (USA) for 3 days in
February 1999.
• Workshop Seminar "Management of Food Control Programs" organized by the SAGPyA
and given by representatives of FAO in the City of Buenos Aires on May 17-21,
1999 (42 hours).
• Theoretical-practical course for the "Minividas System" dictated on July 21,
1999 in the City of Buenos Aires.
• International Course "Quality in Analytical Laboratories", dictated by Drs.
Valcárcel and Rios of the University of Córdoba, Spain, as coordinator, in
Buenos Aires on May 3-5, 2000.
• International Seminar "Emerging Food Conservation Technologies" by Dr. Gustavo
Barbosa Cánovas del Depto. Biological Systems Engineering of the Washington
State University organized by the AATA on August 14-16, 2000 (14 hours) in the
City of Buenos Aires.
• International Course "Sampling and Sampling Management in the Field of Quality
Systems (ISO 17025)", given by Dr. Angel Rios Castro of the University of
Córdoba, Spain, as coordinator, in the City of Buenos Aires on November 13-14,
2000.
• International Shelf-Life and Challenge Studies Course for Food Products taught
by Dr. Russell S. Flowers of the Group Silliker - USA in the City of Buenos
Aires on November 17, 2000.
• Regional Conference on "Emerging Issues on Food Safety and Safety that
Influences Public Health and Commerce" coordinated by the FDA, CDC, USDA and
ANMAT in the City of Buenos Aires on September 1-3, 2003.
• Course of "Training of Internal Auditors for ISO 17025 / IRAM 301 in
Laboratory" delivered by Silvana Fichtenbaum at the Asociación Química Argentina
on November 1- 2, 2004.
• Course "Bromatological Incidents, Extortion and Crisis Resolution" delivered
by Dr. Raúl Bottaro at the AATA in October 2005.
• Course workshop "Predictive Microbiology as a tool in the formulation,
optimization and assurance of food safety" dictated by Dr. Stella Alzamora at
the AATA in November 2005.
• Course "Experimental Statistics I" organized by the Argentine Chemical
Foundation in December 2005.
• Training Seminar "Local and Global Regulatory Overview, Competitive Strategies
in the Agro-Food Sector", delivered by Dr. Dee Vence of 3M-USA, Dra.Verónica
Torres Leedham of SENASA and Dr. Pablo Morón of SAGPyA on April 12, 2006.
• Seminar "Advances in the Use of Aw as a Control of Microbial Growth in Food",
as coordinator, dictated by Dr. Jorge Chirife at UADE on August 2, 2006.
• Seminar "Useful Life of Preserved Foods: principles, determination and
applications", as coordinator, dictated by Dr. Jorge Chirife at UADE from 6 to 8
September 2006.-
• Course "Establishment of Microbiological Criteria in Food" dictated by Dr.
Jean-Louis Cordier, Quality Assurance Manager of NESTEC - Switzerland in the
City of Buenos Aires on November 10, 2006.
• IV bioMérieux Symposium for the Food Industry in the city of Buenos Aires on
June 26, 2007.
• Day of "Implementation of Food Safety Management Systems according to ISO
22000: 2005", dictated by Ing. Silvia Cucher of TÜV Rheinland and organized by
ArgenINTA in October 2007.
• Seminar "Introduction to Food Certification Processes", given by Dr. Isabel
Tiscornia of INTI and organized by the Argentine Chemical Association in May
2008.
• Symposium on Food Safety organized by Latin America IAFP in Campinas, SP,
Brazil on May 26-28, 2008.
• "Regional Workshop on Food Safety" organized by IRAM in the framework of the
IDB-MIF Project in CABA in July 2008.
• Conference "Validation of Microbiological Testing Methods", given by Dr.
Susana Carnevali at the Argentine Association of Food Technologists in May 2009.
• Food Development Course, given by Mr. Luciano Lopez Jauregui, Development
Manager of Molinos S.A. in the field of PC and T of the FAUBA in September 2013.
• International Symposium: Accreditation in the Laboratory: ISO 17025 - Good
Laboratory Practices organized by the AOAC Latin American Section in the City of
Buenos Aires on November 18-19, 2013.
• Workshop on Databases of Food Composition organized in the City of Buenos
Aires by ILSI Argentina on September 16, 2015.
• Course "Dust Mixing" dictated at the Argentine Association of Pharmacy and
Industrial Biochemistry in the City of Buenos Aires on November 5, 2015.
XI) PROFESSIONAL ACTION
• Head of Laboratory of the FRIGORIFIC ALMAGRO S.A.I.C. (cold cuts and salting)
from 1977 to February 1978.
• Assigned to the Department of Bromatology and Quality Control at CANALE S.A.
in February 1978. Subsequently, Head of the Laboratory of Microbiology from 1979
to May 1981, carrying out the assembly, development of its techniques and
training of personnel.
• Founder, President and Technical Director of FOOD CONTROL S.A. from 1981 to
present, serving the food industry in technical assistance, health assessments,
chemical, physical and microbiological analyses. As of 2002, several analytical
methods were accredited and we now have 42 analytical methods under ISO 17025:
2005.
Some of the companies that have been and are advised are the following:
• Lactona S.A. (Microbiology of dairy products).
• Maprico S.A. (Microbiology of dairy and canned products).
• Cooperativa El Hogar Obrero (Bromatology and food microbiology in general,
from 1979 to 1983).
• San Sebastián S.A. (Microbiology and bromatology of sausages and chickens from
1981 to 1984).
• IFF (Microbiology of fruit pulp for dairy products from 1981 to 1983 -
Assembly, training and development of microbiological laboratory techniques in
1983).
• Hypermarkets JUMBO (Microbiological analysis of perishable foods).
• Aerolineas Argentinas (Microbiological and chemical analysis of food. Sanitary
and hygienic assessment of flight kitchens for supply in the country and
abroad).
• Austral Líneas Aéreas (Technical assistance, implementation of high-risk food
protection programs for air catering, hazard assessment and control of critical
points, training of personnel, microbiological analysis of food and beverages
for aviation and for company personnel , from 1990 to 1992).
• Garovaglio and Zorraquin (Technical consultant for the quality audit in
processing plants, microbiological analysis, programming of quality control of
canned vegetables in 1983 and 1984.
• Frigorífic Minguillon (Technical support for the Wilson brand, with quality
control programming, quality audits in processing plants and microbiological
analysis of vegetable preserves in 1982).
• Best Service S.A. Assistance, training in food hygiene, microbiological
analysis of prepared meals refrigerated for institutional catering in 1983.
• Matarazzo S.A. (Microbiological analysis, farinaceous and low water activity
products).
• Noel S.A. Ice cream (Technical consultant, food hygiene training,
microbiological analysis, hazard control planning and critical control points
for perishable dairy foods from 1982 to 1985.
• Masterfoods S.A. (Technical assistance, training in food hygiene,
microbiological analysis of prepared meals refrigerated for institutional
catering from 1983 to January 1985).
• Services Allande S.A. (Technical assistance, microbiological analysis,
evaluation of critical control points, of refrigerated prepared meals for
institutional catering from 1981 to 1988. Since July 1985, development of frozen
2nd generation prepared meals for microwave regeneration for export and domestic
consumption Gato Dumas brand).
• Association of Artisanal Ice Cream Makers of Buenos Aires (AFADHYA). Technical
consultant, operational sanitation and microbiological analysis of ice cream
from 1977 to 1982.
• Buffet's and Receptions S.R.L. (Technical assistance, food hygiene training,
microbiological and chemical analysis of prepared meals refrigerated from July
1985 to December 1986).
• Cafes La Virginia S.A. (Food bromatological analysis).
• Frigorífic El Pampero (Microbiological analysis of slawings).
• Harengus S.A. (Microbiological analysis of canned fish).
• Aguila Saint S.A. (Technical assistance, training in food hygiene,
microbiological analysis, development of microbiological laboratory techniques,
preparation of products with a low microbiological load, from September 1985 to
December 1986).
• Gato Dumas Frozen foods (Technical assistance, high-risk microbiological food
protection program, start-up for the manufacture of frozen processed foods
packaged in different plastic containers, development of new products, training
of personnel).
• La Jirafa Azul S.A. (Technical assistance, microbiological high-risk food
protection program, start-up for the manufacture of frozen processed foods
packaged in different plastic containers, development of new products, training
of personnel).
• Buenos Aires Sheraton Hotel (Health evaluation, training of personnel and
microbiological analysis of food and beverages).
• Fuddruckers (Microbiological control of fast foods and sanitary evaluation of
sales and processing premises, training of personnel, from 1989 to 1992).
• W. R. Grace Argentina S.A. (Evaluation of shelf life of refrigerated raw meats
vacuum packed for export).
• Frigorífic Paladini S.A. (Microbiological analysis of slawings).
• El Fundador Ice Cream Shop (Microbiological and chemical analysis of ice cream
and raw materials).
• Quesoro S.A. (Microbiological and chemical analysis of dairy products and raw
materials).
• Fargo S.A. (Microbiological and chemical analysis of food).
• Vizzolini (Microbiological and chemical analysis of foods with low aqueous
activity).
• Goethe Schule (Sanitary evaluation of kitchens, dining rooms and
microbiological analysis of food and beverages since 1987 to present).
• Marriott Airplane Catering INC. (Currently Sky Chef) (Technical assistance,
microbiological high-risk food protection program for air catering, hazard study
and critical control points, training of personnel, microbiological analysis of
refrigerated prepared foods from 1988 to present).
• Buenos Aires Catering SA (Currently Gate Gourmet) (Technical assistance,
microbiological high-risk food protection program for air catering, hazard
studies and critical points control, personnel training, microbiological and
chemical analyses of refrigerated foods since January 1982 to present).
• Ford Argentina S.A. (Technical assistance, hazard studies and control of
critical points, microbiological and chemical analyses of prepared meals
refrigerated from January 1986 to present).
• Nestle Argentina (Chemical and microbiological analysis of food).
• Mondelez International Inc (Chemical and microbiological food analysis).
• IRAM (Microbiological and food chemical analysis).
• Park Hyatt Buenos Aires (Technical assistance, microbiological high-risk food
protection program, hazard studies and control of critical points, training of
personnel, microbiological and chemical analysis of food and beverages).
• McDonald’s (Microbiological and chemical analysis of food and beverages).
• Four Seasons Hotel (Technical assistance, microbiological high-risk food
protection program, hazard studies and critical point control, staff training,
microbiological and food and beverage chemistry analysis).
• Marriott Plaza Hotel (Microbiological and chemical analysis of food and
beverages).
• Bago Laboratories (Microbiological and chemical analysis of food and
beverages).
• Acindar S.A. (Technical assistance, hazard studies and control of critical
points, microbiological analysis of food and beverages).
• Municipality of the City of Buenos Aires (Microbiological and food chemical
analysis).
• Rio de la Plata Mills (Microbiological and chemical food analysis).
• Auchan Argentina (technical assistance, microbiological high-risk food
protection program, hazard studies and control of critical points, training of
personnel, microbiological and chemical analysis of food and beverages).
• Massalin Particulares (Technical assistance, microbiological and chemical
analysis of food and beverages).
XII) PUBLICATIONS
• What is the Quality Control of a Food? – Magazine of the Universidad Argentina
de la
Empresa - UADE July 1981, No. 12 Year II.
• Hygiene and Sanitary Quality Control of Aviation Meals in Foodborne Illness
Prevention - Volume II of the Second Biennial Quality Biennial - Buenos Aires,
November 1983.
• Evaluation of the Sanitary State of Artisanal, Semi-industrial and Industrial
Ice Cream in the City of Buenos Aires - La Alimentación Latinoamericana, No.
151, March / April 1985.
• Hygienic Aspects in Air Catering - Instruction manual for operators of flight
kitchens in Buenos Aires Catering S.A. Buenos Aires - 1984.
• International Panorama on the Bacteriological Quality of Ice Creams- Revista
La Alimentación Latinoamericana, No. 157, March / April 1986.
• Microorganisms of Alteration in Refrigerated Dairy Products of the City of
Buenos Aires I. Pasteurized Milk. Proceedings of the First Latin American
Congress of Food Microbiology - Buenos Aires – 1987.
• Microbial Groups of Alteration in Refrigerated Dairy Products of the City of
Buenos Aires - I - Pasteurized milk. Section No. 47 of the National Program of
Research in Food Technology in the magazine La Alimentación Latinoamericana No.
171, July / August 1988.
• Water Safety - Revista Heladería y Panadería Latinoamericana No. 103 - 1992.
• The Use of Gases in Food Preservation –Revista Intermercados No. 1 - 1992.
• Adaptation of Food Systems of Different Communities - Catering Magazine -
No. 13-9/1992.
• Prepared Foods I - Catering Magazine No.14 – October 1992.
• Prepared Foods II - Catering Magazine No. 15 – March and April 1993.
• Prepared Foods III - Catering Magazine No. 16 – May and June 1993.
• Sterilized Foods - Catering Magazine No. 17 – July and August 1993.
• Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (1995) - La Alimentación Latinoamericana
No. 208 (35-40). In collaboration.
• Manual of Procedures for the Microbiological Analysis of Raw Poultry and
By-Products. (1994) - Center for Poultry Processing (CEPA). In collaboration.
• Manual of Procedures for Microbiological Analysis of Foods (1998), Chair of
Food Microbiology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Universidad Argentina de la
Empresa - Cuadernos UADE No. 118. In collaboration.
• Microbial Risks in Fresh Food Production in Urban and Peri-urban Areas in
Latin America (2012) - Chapter 7: Considerations for Public Health Care in Fresh
Vegetable Consumption - Edited by CINVESTAV - Mexico and IDRC / CRDI - Canada.
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