The 2000 Food Safety Conference Europe

 

The Food Safety in Europe Conference is not just about sitting and listening to presentations.  The idea is to find and meet specific key individuals, to form specific strategic alliances for your mutual benefit.

- Conference Highlights -

• Significant networking opportunities on a European level
• Keynote speakers from the European Commission, industry and research
• This conference is of primary importance to researchers, food producers, food processors, distributors, consumer groups and health groups so REGISTER TODAY
• Free networking, proposer’s forum, brokerage event and poster session
  19th October
  17.00-19.00
• A unique opportunity for the food industry, SMEs, research organisations and Universities to network and discuss their ideas and experiences. Poster abstracts are invited from attendees with a final 50 selected for display.  Register for formal brokerage after and indicate that you would like to submit a poster abstract on the registration form.

Conference Programme

Thursday 19th October 2000

Registration:  08.30 – 9.30

• Opening Session
• Session 1:  Food Microbiology
• Session 2:  Food Safety and Processing
• Session 3:  Food Toxicology
• Session 4:  Food Safety and the Food Chain
• Closing Session

Opening Session

Chair: Dr David Shannon, MAFF

 09.30  - 09.45 Opening of the Conference – Baroness Hayman

09.45 - 10.15 Food Safety – An Industrial Perspective – Lord Haskins, Chairman of Northern Foods plc, UK

10.15 - 10.30 Importance of Food Safety into the Millenium – Suzi Leather, Deputy Chair of UK Food Standards Agency, London

10.30 – 10.45 Food Safety and Food Research – Mr Gordon Adam, MEP

10.45 – 11.00 Food Safety Research in the 5th framework, Quality of life, Key Action 1 – Health, Food and Nutrition Including the European Research Area – Dr Rainer Gerold, Director B.I Life Sciences I, European Commission

11.00  - 11.15 Discussion

11.15 – 11.45 Coffee and tea

Session 1:  Food Microbiology
Chair: Dr Grahame Gould (formerly Unilever Research)
Rapporteur: Dr James Ridsdale,  UK Food Standards Agency

11.50 – 12.20 Major and Emerging Pathogens Including Anti-Microbial Resistance Issues, the Experience of the Irish Food Safety Authority – Dr. Pat Wall, Irish Food Safety Authority

12.20 – 12.40 Current Major Pathogens in Europe –
Dr Roy Betts,Campden and Chorleywood Food RA

12.40 – 13.40 Lunch

13.40 – 14.00 Emerging Pathogens: Verocytotoxigenic E.coli,Campylobacter and Crytosporidium parvum in Europe – Dr Geraldine Duffy, Project Coordinator, Teagasc, Dublin

14.00 – 14.20 Salmonella Stress Responses and Food Safety Prof Tom Humphrey, Public Health Laboratory Service, UK

14.20 – 14.40 Food Brand Bound Residues and Nitrofuran Detection– Dr Glen Kennedy, Project Coordinator, University Belfast

Session 2:  Food Safety and Processing Back
Chair:  Dr Mike Knowles, Dir. Coca Cola, Greater Europe
Rapporteur:  Dr B. Verachtert, Quality of Life, KA1, Food Technology

14.50 – 15.20  Pesticides, Processing and Food Safety: The Issues -–Dr Stuart Reynolds, Dir. Central Science Laboratory, UK

15.20 – 15.40  Novel Processors Addressing Food Safety, Quality and Processing – Professor D Knorr, Project Coordinator, TU-Berlin, Germany

15.40 – 16.00 Rapid Immunological Test Methods Forming a Screening System to Monitor Pesticide and Antibiotic Residues in Food and Food Products – Dr A. Van Amerongen, Project Coordinator, ATO-DLO, Netherlands

16.00 – 16.20 Coffee break

16.20 – 16.40 Recycling of Plastic and Paper for Food Packaging –Dr Roland Franz, Project Coordinator, Fhg-IVV, Friesing, Germany

16.40 – 17.00 Modified Atmosphere Packagings and Safety Aspects – Dr Ulf Rönner, The Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology

17.00 – 19.00 Free networking, proposer’s forum, brokerage event and  poster session related to all conference topics.

Friday 20th October

 

Session 3:  Food Toxicology 
Chair:  Dr A. Visconti, Dir. CNR, Italy
Rapporteur:  Dr Achim Boenke, Quality of Life, KA1, Food Safety

09.00 – 09.30 Risk Analysis in Europe: Present and Future Needs – Professor G Pascal, Chair of the Scientific Steering Committee, DG Sanco, European Commision.

09.30 – 09.50 Food Safety in Europe: Risk Assessment of Chemicals in Food and Diet – Dr J Kleiner, Project Coordinator, ILSI-Europe, Brussels

09.50 – 10.10 Development, Validation and Application of Stochastic Modelling of Human Exposure to Food Chemicals and Nutrients – Professor Dr Mike Gibney, Project Coordinator, Trinity College, Ireland

10.10 – 10.30 Hazard Analysis Control of Food Contamination ; Prevention of Fusarium Mycotoxins and Ochratoxin A - Prof Dr Naresh Magan, Cranfield Biotechnology Centre, Cranfield University, UK

10.30 – 10.50 European Safety of Genetically Modified Food – The GMF Cluster – Professor Dr H Kuiper, Cluster Coordinator, RIKILT, Netherlands

10.50 – 11.20 Coffee break

Session 4:  Food Safety and the Food Chain

Chair:  Mr Liam Breslin, Quality of Life, Head KA1 & 4
Rapporteur:  Dr A di Giulio, Quality of Life, KA1, Food Microbiology

11.20 – 11.50 Consumer Issues on Food Safety – Dr Sheila McKechnie, Consumer Association, UK

11.50 – 12.10 Catering, New Developments and Safety Aspects – Dr Toon Martins, Alama, Belgium

12.10 – 12.30 The Preservation of Frozen Food Quality and Safety Throughout the Distribution Chain – Prof Fabio Polonara, Universita Degli Studi di Ancona.

12.30 – 12.50 Food Safety and the Retail Distribution Chain – Dr Alastair Robertson, Dir. Institute of Food Research, Norwich, UK

12.50 – 13.50 Lunch

Closing Session

Chair:  Professor Dr C Williams, Chair of EAG for Quality of Life-KA1
Rapporteur:  Dr M Nielsen, Quality of Life, KA1

13.50 - 14.10 White Paper on Food Safety - Dr. Paola Testori (European Commission, DG SANCO)

14.10 - 14.30 Food Safety in the United States of America - Dr. James Lindsay, USDA, USA

14.30 - 14.50 The Impact of Food Safety and Nutrition on Public Health - The case for a Food and Nutrition Policy and Action Plan for the European Region of WHO, 2000-2005
-  Dr Marco Jermini, WHO, Italy

14.50 - 15.10 Towards Consumer-New Food Safety Challenges - Dr. Ethel Forsberg Swedish Consumers’ Association

15.10 - 16.00 The Challenge Ahead – Panel Discussion chaired by Dr. J. Leslie   (Panel Members:, 
Dr Paola Testori, Dr Ethel Forsberg, Dr Liam Breslin, Dr Marco Jermini   & Dr. James Lindsay)

16.00 Close of Conference

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Venue

Situated in the heart of Westminster, yet in the tranquil setting of Dean's Yard, the Conference and Banqueting Centre at Church House offers an unexpected and very special meeting venue.
It is a listed building built in the 1930's since when it has served as the venue for many important events.
All rooms enjoy natural light and every care and attention to detail has been taken to combine the traditional design and architecture of the building with the best in modern technology.
The Centre is equipped with the latest technology including ISDN, CAT 5 cabling, video conferencing and infra-red translation services. It has a professional in-house team of dedicated sales and conference personnel, AV specialists and accredited in-house caterers.
The Centre has comfort heating and cooling systems, 8-hour conference chairs and is well appointed to provide maximum access to visitors, including good wheelchair facilities.