The Programme in detail

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Tuesday, 27th September 2011

09:30-10:00  Registration and Welcome Coffee

10.00-12.30 Opening Session: Food Safety and the Consumer Perspective

Chair: Angel Angelov (University of Food Technology, Bulgaria), Daniel Spichtinger (RTD Services, Austria) and Costanza Conte (ICC)  

In the opening session invited experts will set out the state of the art as concerns “eating out in a global village” (old and new safety challenges), the global implementation of standards, the situation in Bulgaria and the surrounding region, the EU and in the emerging economies of Asia (challenges and implications from recent scares) as well as providing insights from a consumer perspective.

  • Welcome by Kamen Nikolov, Director of the Quality Management Directorate, Bulgarian Food Safety Authority
  • "The Impact of Food safety Regulations and global implementation standards" by Franz Ulberth – European Commission 
  • Food safety - Official Control and Priorities in Bulgaria, Lubina Donkova, Bulgarian Food Safety Authority,  Head of Department of Laboratory Activities
  • Food Safety in Emerging Economies – Vietnam and China, Xiaofang Pei, Professor, West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University 
  • Overview of the MoniQA Network of Excellence and its Activities, Roland Poms, Coordinator of MoniQA and ICC Secretary General

12.30-14.00        Lunch  -  Poster presentations and table-tops (in parallel – exhibition area), demonstration and hands-on activities at exhibition boots


14.00-15.45 Session 2: Consumer Issues: risk, understanding and choice

Chair: Clare Mills (Institute of Food Research, UK) and Marina Carcea (INRAN, IT)

Engaging in a meaningful dialogue with the consumer

  • Keynote: Overcoming the challenges of risk assessment for allergenic foods,  Rene Crevel (Science Leader - Allergy & Immunology, Unilever)
  • Independent comparative product testing: role and impact on quality of foods in Bulgaria,  Bogomil Nikolov Bulgarian National Association Active Consumers
  • Food Safety - Safe for whom?  Engaging with Diverse Communities Jayam Dalal (Consumer Member with the UK Advisory Committee for Novel Foods & Processes)
  • European consumers on the quest for “authentic” foods, M. Carcea and F. Melini (INRAN, IT)

 

16.30-18.00 Session 3: Young scientists present their MoniQA results

Chair: Anton Alldrick (Campden BRI, UK) and Xiaofang Pei (West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University)

  • Food Allergens – the way towards method validation, K.Török (BME, HU)
  • Fate of Fusarium Toxins During Processing of Some Traditional Turkish Maize-Based Foods: Bread, Halva and Kuymak, E. Numanoglua (HCTU, TK)
  • Functional foods in developing countries: A Vietnamese consumer study, V. P. Tu, HUT, VT)
  • A novel Magnetic Capture–Multiplex PCR Assay for the Simultaneous Detection of Three Foodborne Pathogens, H.J. Zuo (SCU, PRC)

 

18.30-20.30 QAS Editorial Meeting (with dinner) – on invitation only


20.30  Welcome reception

 

Wednesday, 28th September 2011

 

08.30-10.30 Session 4: Food Safety, Food Security and Climate Change

Chair: Martin Rose (FERA, UK) and Barbara Thomson (ESR, NZ)

Approximately 9% of climate emissions are derived from agriculture and IPCC models predict significant changes in food production due to climate change, resulting in challenges in food security in some regions. The interaction between climate change and food security will form the overarching framework for discussions in the second plenary session. 

  • Introduction and poster promotions
  •  Climate Change , Agriculture and Food Sustainability: Challenge for the 21st Century? Atanas Atanassov (Joint Genomic Centre,Sofia, BG)
  •  Featured MoniQA Output: Environmental contaminants in foods and feeds in the light of climate change, Barbara Thomson (ESR, NZ) and Martin Rose (FERA, UK)

  • Food safety of fresh produce: how to govern a supply chain of uncompromised food sovereignty, Mieke Uyttendaele (University of Ghent, Veg-i-Trade Project)

  • Short poster presentation: Analysis of food risks as basis for perfection of the safety system estimation and control in plant food products, Pylypenko, Legorova,  (Odessa national Academy of Food Technologies, Ukraine)
  •  Closing remarks

 

10.30-11.00 Break

 

11.00-12.30 Session 5: Food allergens

Chair: Bert Popping (Eurofins, DE)

Allergens in general and food allergens specifically are on the rise and will form the focus of this session.

  • Keynote: Allergen Developments through MoniQA: Validation, Reference Matrials, and Stakeholder involvement, Bert Popping (Eurofins, DE)
  • "Allergen-Management: Challenge and Chance for the Industry", Sylvia Pfaff (Food Information Service Europe, DE)
  • Detection of hazelnut proteins by antibodies and by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry Sabine Baumgartner (BOKU, AT)

12.30-14.00 Lunch -  Poster presentations and table-tops (in parallel – exhibition area)- demonstration and hands-on activities at exhibition boots     

 

14.00-16.00  Session 6: Food Safety: regulations and the law: socio economic impact, better future regulations

  Chair: Line Friis Lindner  (ICF) and Mario Mazzocchi (UNIBO, IT)

This session showcases socio-economic case studies with specific focus on the WTO, developing countries and the EU, consumers in Europe and emerging markets as well as cross-referencing the debate with the issues discussed in the climate change session.

  • Current EC framework -Line Friis Lindner  (ICF) 
  • Featured MoniQA Output: Looking into the future: an interactive decision support system for impact assessment of regulatory initiatives in a dynamic food sector environment, G. Schiefer, E. Novelli  (University of Bonn, DE)
  • How a generic evaluation framework can be supported by fuzzy multi-criteria analysis: the case of regulatory needs after the melamine milk scandal in China, L. Friis Lindner (ICCR, AT) and M. Ragona (University of Bologna, IT)

  • Food safety and the internet – strategies for consumer protection, D. Raschke,  (Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety, Germany)

  • Standardisation and validation of PCR methods in the context of EHEC and recent outbreak Charlotta Engdahl Axelsson (Eurofins Food & Agro Sweden AB)

 

16.00-16.30  Break

 

16.30-18.00 Session 7: (Re-)Emerging issues (nanotechnology, microbiology, authenticity)

Chair: Hanna-Leena Alakomi (VTT,FI) and Martin Rose (FERA, UK)

New technologies can have a significant impact on consumer behaviour and change and it is therefore important to communicate and inform end users and consumers early This scientific session will provide lessons learned from the GMO debate as well as an oviervew of risk-benefit analysis with special emphasis on nanotech and modern technologies employed in food manufacturing and control

  • Keynote: Towards improved food safety: targeted food processes and emerging technologies, Dietrich Knorr (TU Berlin, Germany)
  • Authentication of traditional game meat products by the use of species specific PCR, J.S. Amaral (University of Porto, PT)
  • Featured MoniQA Output: Applying expert judgment to build and assess a multi criteria decision making model on safety of nanotechnology-enabled food products, Villie Flari (FERA, UK)
  • Detection of Geographical origin of paddy rice from Taiwan based on near infrared spectroscopy, multiple elements and isotope analyses, J. S. Chang (China Grain Products R&D Institute, Taiwan)
  • Introducing Nanomaterials into the Food Sector: Repeating the Mistakes of GM Foods? Ralf Greiner (Department of Food Technology and Bioprocess Engineering, Federal Research Institute of Nutrition and Food, DE)

 

19.00 Panoramic Tour

20.30 Conference Dinner


Thursday, 29th September 2011

 

08.30-10.30 Session 8: Chemical contaminants and mycotoxins

Chair: Michele Solfrizzo (CNR, IT) and Hans van Egmond (RIKILT, NL)

The session will focus on the costs and impact of incidences and loosing trust with the consumer as well as showcasing new tools for analysis and MoniQA case studies in the field.

  • Keynote: Mycotoxin food issues in Bulgaria, Terry Vrabcheva (Head of laboratory “Chemical Contaminants and Food Additives” National Center for Public Health Protection, Sofia, BG)
  • Featured MoniQA Output: Assessing economic impacts of chemical contaminants in foods and feedstuffs,  B. Thomson (ESR, NZ)
  • Use of volatile compound metabolic signatures in poultry tissues to back-trace dietary exposure to xenobiotics, E.Engel (INRA, FR)
  • The impact of tried acrylamide mitigation tools on the burden of highly exposed consumers. Z. Ciesarova (Food Research Institute, Bratislava, Slovak Republic)
  • The production of citrinin-free red pigments of Monascus , Philippe J. Blanc  (Laboratoire d’Ingénierie des Systèmes Biologiques et des Procédés, (INSA, FR)
  •  Featured MoniQA Output: Proficiency test for simultaneous determination of up to eleven mycotoxins in maize by using LC-MS(MS) methodology. M. Solfrizzo (CNR, IT)

10.30-11.00        Break

 

11.00-12.30 Session 9: Food Safety Education at an Academic level - Examples from a Global  Perspective

Chair: Wolfgang Kneifel and Sian Astley

This session will present food safety curricula from institutions around the globe and will also provide an opportunity for stakeholders  to comment on their needs in this regard.

  • International MSc Study Programme "Safety in the Food Chain" (SIDC) at BOKU Vienna, Silvia Apprich (BOKU, AT):
  • Food safety education at Wageningen University Ralf Hartemik (WUR, NL):
  • Graduate Training in Food Safety and Toxicology at the University of Hong Kongbn Hani Elnezami (HKU, PRC): "
  • The food safety professional diploma- a benchmark at Ain Shams University, Cairo Ali Abdelaziz Ali and Mohamed Elnawawy (ASU, Egypt)

 

12.30-14.00  Lunch

14.00-16.00 Session 10: Launch event of the MoniQA Association: A Global Food Safety Network providing expertise and services for effective food safety management

Chair: Roland Poms (ICC, AT/INT) Paul Finglas (IFR, UK)

This session introduces the MoniQA Association, which is is an international group of organisations dedicated to collaborative research aimed at promoting a more secure and safer food supply set up as a successor to the Network of Excellence after the EC Grant for Integration ceases. Speakers will present the tools and services the association offers for effective food safety assurance.

  • MoniQA: Achievements & Potential – Anton Alldrick (Campden BRI, UK) 
  • Key MoniQA Output: Scryer, M.Ragona and/or M. Mazzocchi (University of Bologna, Italy)
  • MoniQA Continous Professional Development and Mobility Activities  Andreas Höhl, Gerhard Schleining, (BOKU)
  • MoniQA Validation Studies  short flashlight presentations

o   S.M.van Ruth (RIKILT, NL) Eggs-ercize: MoniQA validation of methodology for verification of organic eggs

o  Alexandra Malachova (IFA-Tulln, AT) Evaluation of the variability of matrix effects observed in LC-MS for food analysis

  • Networking activities and future proposals, Paul Finglas (IFR)

16.00-16.30 Poster award session (first, second and third place,  Awards sponsored by Wiley-Blackwell and Waters) and competition results 

Chair: Sian Astley (IFR, UK) and Daniel Spichtinger (RTDS, AT)


16.30 End of 3rd MoniQA International Conference


17.30-18.30  First Annual General Assembly of the MoniQA Assocation (strictly for members only)

Membership is open to any organisation!
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Friday 30th September 2011

  • 11.00 -17.30 Site visit to local winery and local sightseeing tour  
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