IAFP 2026 Annual Meeting

July 26-29, 2026, New Orleans, LA, United States

Join Us at IAFP 2026 in New Orleans 

We are excited to attend the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) 2026 Annual Meeting, taking place July 26–29, 2026 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. 

IAFP is the world's premier food safety conference, bringing together more than 2,800 food safety professionals from industry, government, and academia across six continents. Each year, the meeting features cutting-edge technical sessions, symposia, posters, and networking opportunities that define the direction of food safety science and practice.

MilliporeSigma at IAFP 2026

Proud Sponsor of the President's Reception
We are honored to serve as the sponsor of the President's Reception at IAFP 2026 — one of the most anticipated networking events of the annual meeting. This is a wonderful opportunity to connect with food safety leaders from around the world in a celebratory setting.

Visit Our Booth

Stop by our booth to speak with our food safety experts and discover the latest innovations in pathogen detection, enrichment media, and hygiene monitoring. Our team will be on hand to discuss your laboratory and food safety challenges and demonstrate our solutions firsthand.

Scientific Poster Presentations

We are proud to present three scientific posters at IAFP 2026, showcasing the latest research and validation work behind our Assurance GDS platform.

Poster 1

"A Rapid Assurance GDS Method for Quantitative Estimation of Salmonella Contamination Level in Raw Beef"

This presentation explores a rapid molecular method using the Assurance GDS platform to quantitatively estimate the level of Salmonella contamination in raw beef, offering a faster alternative to traditional most-probable-number (MPN) approaches for more actionable results in food processing environments.

Target Pathogen: Salmonella
Matrix: Beef
Method: Assurance GDS

Poster 2

"mEHEC Enrichment Protocols to Detect STEC in Meat, Raw Milk, Dairy Products and Environmental Samples"

This poster presents optimized enrichment protocols using mEHEC broth for the detection of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) across a broad range of food and environmental matrices, demonstrating robust and reliable performance with the Assurance GDS system.

Target Pathogen: STEC (Shiga Toxin-Producing E. coli)
Matrix: Meat, Raw Milk, Dairy Products, Environmental Samples
Method: Assurance GDS

Poster 3

"Evaluation of Assurance^® GDS for Listeria spp. Tq II and Assurance^® GDS for Listeria monocytogenes Tq II for Detection of Listeria Species and Listeria monocytogenes in Foods and from Environmental Samples"

This study evaluates the performance of two next-generation Assurance GDS assays — targeting Listeria spp. and Listeria monocytogenes specifically — across a variety of food and environmental sample types, supporting method validation and regulatory compliance needs.

Target Pathogen: Listeria spp. and Listeria monocytogenes
Matrix: Foods and Environmental Samples
Method: Assurance^® GDS for Listeria spp. Tq II / Assurance^® GDS for Listeria monocytogenes Tq II