The SAFE Consortium First International Congress on Food Safety

NUTRITION AND FOOD SAFETY: Evaluation of Benefi

Sunday

11 June 2006

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End

Description

Morning

Afternoon

16:00

18:00

Arrival and Registration

Evening

19:00

22:00

Welcome Party:Boat Ride on the Danube

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Monday

12 June 2006

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End

Description

Monday

8:30

9:30

Registration

Morning

9:30

10:10

Opening

1. SAFE Welcome

Prof Juha Ahvenainen, President of EAFS and Director of VTT

2. Hungarian Official Welcome

Dr Jószef Gráf, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development

3. Scientific Welcome

Dr Herman Koeter, Scientific Director, EFSA

10:10

10:50

Keynote Lecture1:

'A global view of food consumption.'

Dr. Gerald Moy, World Health Organisation, Switzerland

10:50

11:10

Coffee Break

11:10

11:50

Keynote Lecture 2:

'Food composition and analysis: Benefits and risks of food components'

Dr Barbara Burlingame, Food and Agriculture Organisation, Italy

11:50

12:30

Keynote Lecture 3:

'Nutrition and metabolomics: Towards personal health and safety.'

Prof Bruce German, UCLA-Davis, USA

12:30

14:00

Lunch

Monday

14:00

17:30

Parallel Sessions

Afternoon

1. Functional Foods

Chair: Prof Tiina Mattila-Sandholm, Valio, LTD, Finland

Co-chair: Prof Willem de Vos, Wageningen Centre for Food Sciences, The Netherlands

14:00

14:30

Benefit/risk keynote: Prof. T. Mattila-Sandholm, Valio, LTD, Finland

'Pros and cons of functional foods.'

14:30

15:30

1. Prof Willem de Vos, Wageningen Centre for Food Sciences, The Netherlands

'Mechanistic basis for health benefits of probiotic and other lactic acid bacteria.'

2. Prof Lorenzo Morelli, Università Cattolica, Italy

'Assessing antibiotic resistance in probiotic and other lactic acid bacteria.'

3. Dr Paul Ross, Teagasc, Ireland

'Fermented functional foods based on probiotics and their biogenic metabolites.'

15:30

15:45

Q and A

15:45

16:15

Coffee Break/Posters Manned

16:15

17:15

4 Oral Presentations, 15 minutes each

17:15

17:30

Q and A

2. Natural and Chemical Contaminants

Chair: Dr Antonio Logrieco, ISPA, Italy

Co-Chair: Prof Martin P Schreibman, Aquatic Res Center at Brooklyn College, USA

14:00

14:30

Benefit/risk keynote: Prof Martin P Schreibman, Aquatic Res Center at Bklyn College, USA

'Natural and chemical contaminants: Issues and solutions in aquaculture.'

14:30

15:30

1. Dr Eric Oswald, Ecole Nationale Veterinaire, France

'New trends in bacterial toxins produced by foodborne pathogens.'

2. Dr Antonio LoGrieco, ISPA, Italy

'Mycotoxins: A global concern.'

3. Dr Ingemar Pongratz, Karolinska Institute, Sweden

'The CASCADE network of excellence: Studying chemical contaminants in the food chain.'

15:30

15:45

Q and A

15:45

16:15

Coffee Break/Posters Manned

16:15

17:15

4 Oral Presentations, 15 minutes each

17:15

17:30

Q and A

Monday

20:30

21:30

Organ Concert with Chorus

Evening

Matthias Church

Tuesday

13 June 2006

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Description

Tuesday

9:30

12:15

Parallel Sessions

Morning

1. Phytoestrogens

Chair: Dr Véronique Coxam, INRA Paris, France

Co-Chair: Prof Katherine Flynn, Adelphi Univ USA / John Cabot Univ Italy

9:30

10:00

Benefit/risk keynote: Dr Véronique Coxam, INRA Paris, France

'Risks and benefits of phytoe

10:00

11:00

1. Dr Catherine Bennetau, EN

'Human exposure to phytoestrogens.'

2. Dr Ian Rowland, Northern Ireland Centre for Diet and Health, University of Ulster

'New perspectives in the use of phytoestrogens, the case for equol.'

3. Prof Katherine Flynn, Adelphi Univ USA / John Cabot Univ Italy

'Behavioural effects of dietary phytoestrogens.'

11:00

11:15

Q and A

11:15

11:45

Break / Posters

11:45

12:45

4 oral presentations, 15 min each

12:45

13:00

Q and A

2. Food Processing

Chair: Prof Dietrich Knorr, Technical University Berlin, Germany

Co-chair: Dr Maria Saarela, VTT Biotechnology, Finland

9:30

10:00

Benefit/risk keynote: Prof Dietrich Knorr, Technical University Berlin, Germany

'Gentle food processing: Benefits and risks.'

10:00

11:00

1. Dr Maria Saarela, VTT Biotechnology, Finland

'Processing induced safety and spoilage risks, with special emphasis on

Modified Atmosphere (MA) packaged products.'

2. Prof Stanley Brul, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

'Dealing with bacterial spores in food processing; molecular detection,

identification and process survival analysis.'

3. Prof Chris Michiels, KU Leuven, Belgium

'Development of bacterial resistance against mild preservation processing.'

11:00

11:15

Q and A

11:15

11:45

Coffee Break /Posters Manned

11:45

12:45

4 oral presentations, 15 min each

12:45

13:00

Q and A

13:00

14:00

Lunch

Tuesday

14:00

17:30

Parallel Sessions

Afternoon

1. Novel Foods and GMOs

Chair: Dr Harry Kuiper, Wageningen University, The Netherlands

Co-Chair: Dr Éva Gelencsér, CFRI, Hungary

14:00

14:30

Benefit/risk keynote: Dr Harry Kuiper, Wageningen University, The Netherlands

'Risk assessment of foods/feed derived from genetically modified organisms in the EU:

Experiences and possible improvements.'

14:30

15:30

1. Dr Éva Gelencsér, CFRI, Hungary

'Case Study : Risk assessment of transgenic wheat'

2. Prof Mike Gasson, Institute of Food Research, UK

‘Development and use of molecular profiling technologies to analyse the impact

of GM technology on plants: Arabidopsis as a model’

3. Dr Ives Bertheau, INRA Versailles, France

'Co-existence and traceability of GM and non-GM supply chains. A case study

for other supply chains?'

15:30

15:45

Q and A

15:45

16:15

Coffee Break / Posters Manned

16:15

17:15

4 oral presentations, 15 min each

17:15

17:30

Q and A

2. Trans and Conjugated Fatty Acids

Chair: Dr Ronald Mensink, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands

Co-Chair: Dr Jean-Louis Sébédio, INRA Clermont-Ferrand, France

14:00

14:30

benefit/risk keynote: Dr Ronald Mensink, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands

'Trans and conjugated fatty acids: Risks vs benefits.'

14:30

15:30

1. Dr Jean-Louis Sébédio, INRA Clermont-Ferrand, France

'Trans isomers of linolenic acid and retinal functions.'

2. Dr Tamás Decsi, University of Pécs, Hungary

'Potential untoward effects of trans isomeric fatty acids in the perinatal period.'

3. Dr WMN Ratnayake, Nutrition Research Division, Health Canada, Canada

'Quantification of trans fats in human diet.'

15:30

15:45

Q and A

15:45

16:15

Coffee Break / Posters Manned

16:15

17:15

4 oral presentations, 15 minutes each

17:15

17:30

Q and A

Tuesday

Evening

20:00

22:00

Congress Dinner

Wednesday

14 June 2006

Start

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Description

Wednesday

8:30

12:00

Plenary Sessions

Morning

1. Consumer Issues

Chair: Dr Diána Bánáti, CFRI, Hungary

Co-Chair: Prof Ortwin Renn, University of Stuttgart, Germany

8:30

9:00

benefit/risk keynote: Dr Diána Bánáti, CFRI, Hungary

'Perception of food related risks.'

9:00

10:00

1. Prof Ragnar Löfstedt, King's College London

'Risk communication in the 21st century.'

2. Prof Ortwin Renn, University of Stuttgart, Germany

'Deliberate approaches to risk communication.'

3. Mr Bengt Ingerstam, Swedish Consumer Coalition, Sweden

'New trends in consumer movement - from protection to involvment.'

10:00

10:30

2 oral presentations, 15 minutes each

10:30

10:45

Q and A

10:45

11:15

Coffee Break / Posters Manned

2. International Cooperation on Food Safety

11:15

11:30

Chair: Dr Antonio DiGiulio, European Commission DG Research

Introduction

11:30

11:50

Dr Nico van Belzen, ILSI

11:50

12:10

Dr Oddur Gunnarsson, SafeFoodERA

12:10

12:30

Dr Jan Maat, ETP Food For Life

12:30

12:50

Dr Gérard Pascal, INRA Paris, France

'Future issues in food safety.'

12:50

13:15

3. Concluding Session

Competition Winners

Best student poster

Best student oral presentation

Closing words

Dr Diána Bánáti, CFRI, Hungary

13,15

14,30

Lunch

15,00

18,00

City Tour