European Food Science Day
Bringing the results back to the consumers
November 18th 2009 - 9.30 am – 4.00 pm, Reception 4.00 pm – 8.00 pm
Hotel Renaissance, Rue du Parnasse 19, Brussels
PLEASE NOTE: This event is full
General description
The dioxin scandal, alarms on harmful chemicals in baby bottles and avian flu are examples of dramatic food health issues that have reached European citizens in the past years. In effect confidence and trust in food items has decreased among consumers.
Policy makers and industry are therefore faced with food related issues that need to be resolved urgently based on evidence. While EU-funded research addresses these changes, food and health scientists lack a natural forum to reach Europe’s policy makers and consumers. This platform is necessary to provide European consumers, via authorities and media, with safer and healthier food and nutrition advice in which they have confidence.
At the European Food Science Day key results in the field of food quality, food safety, nutrition and health will be presented. Our experts will discuss topics such as egg safety, the melamine case, swine influenza, food allergies, nutrition in pregnancy for life-long health, and the impact of infant-feeding on obesity.
This event is a collective effort of ten research networks within CommNet. Together we represent more than 2000 European researchers. Our goal with this day is to further spread our important scientific knowledge to a wider audience.
Agenda
08.30 - 09.30 Registration and coffee
09.30 - 09.40 Welcome address, Antonio Di Giulio, Head of Unit, DG Research, EC
09.40 - 10.00 The European Parliament’s on Food Communications, Lena Ek, MEP, ITRE, EP
10.00 - 10.15 Setting the Scene and Outlining of the day, Roland Poms, Coordinator MoniQA
10.15 - 10.30 Key note speech: “Assessing and Communicating Risks Related to Food Safety”, Catherine Geslain Lanéelle, Executive Director EFSA
10.30 - 10.45 “Strengthening the Role of Food Industry in Research and Development – the European Technology Platform Food for Life”, Beate Kettlitz Scientific & Regulatory Affair, CIAA
10.45 - 11.00 “Strengthening National Food Control Systems – the FAO/IAEA perspective”, Britt Maestroni, FAO/IAEA
11.00 - 11.15 “CommNet and Communicating Food Science”, Rhonda Smith, Director Minerva
11.15 - 11.30 Coffee break
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Food Safety |
Health |
Risk |
| 11.30 – 12.00 |
Novel approaches for cost-effective improvements of food safety in Europe (PathogenCombat) Mogens Jakobsen |
The power of programming for long term health (EARNEST), Margaret Ashwell |
Improving egg safety through genetics (SABRE), Chris Warkup |
| 12.00 – 12.30 |
Improved food traceability with a holistic approach (Chill-On), Matthias Kück |
Confused consumers need nutrition recommendations they can trust for optimal health. (EURRECA), Rhonda Smith
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EPIZONE for prevention and control of diseases in food producing animals (EPIZONE), Wim van der Poel |
| 12.30 – 13.00 |
Potential upcoming food safety hazard (MoniQA) Roland Poms
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How safe is European baby food? (CASCADE) Barbara Demeneix |
Improved risk assessment and prevention of metal-associated public health risks (PHIME), Staffan Skerfving |
13.00 – 14.00 LUNCH
14.00 – 14.30 Summary of breakout sessions
14.30 – 14.45 EC’s View on Food Communication, Maive Rute, Director, DG Research, EC
14.45 - 15.00 “Information Sharing Between Food Scientists and Consumers”, Willemien Bax, BEUC
15.00 - 15.30 Q&A session with Policy Makers, Marit Paulsen, MEP and Vice Chair-Woman AGRI, EP
15.30 - 16.00 Concluding Remarks and Future Challenges, Ingemar Pongratz, Vice Coordinator, CASCADE
16.00 – 18.30 Cocktail Reception
More information
For information about the event please contact the organizing team:
Daniel Spichtinger MoniQA, RTD Services (spichtinger@rtd-services.com)
Suzanna Schwarz CASCADE, Karolinska Institutet (suzanna.schwarz@ki.se)
Please see the lilnks on the right side of this page for further information.
