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Markos Kyprianou
Markos Kyprianou
EU Commissioner for Health
A healthy perspective

Catherine
Catherine Geslain-Laneelle
Executive Director
Combating obesity

Jorgen Schlundt
Jorgen Schlundt
WHO
The big picture

Robert E Brackett
Robert E Brackett
Director of FDA's Centre for
Food Safety & Applied

Dick Toet
Dick Toet
Unilever
Food for thought

Pedro Lichtinger
Pedro Lichtinger
President, Pfizer Animal Health

Food Safety

2006 is a milestone for food safety in the EU. [It] brings a new level of protection for EU citizens as [new] food and feed safety rules become applicable. The best possible food safety practices are now being applied at every step in the production chain.

"This legislation also offers benefits to food businesses and to our trading partners, by clarifying and simplifying the rules they must comply with"

– Markos Kyprianou, Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection

Looking At

  • Hygiene and sanitation
  • Food diagnostics and testing
  • Auditing and certification
  • Temperature measurement and controls
  • Meeting HACCP and ISO 22000

Discussion Topics

  • Implementing new EU legislation and the importance of compliance
  • EU funding – how to apply and the importance of effective spend with accredited companies
  • Hygiene and sanitation – taking new steps
  • Step-by-step guide to protecting product integrity and increasing brand value
  • Rapid microbial detection and test kits
  • Innovations in pest control
  • Achieving complete farm-to-fork traceability
  • Sample management – a real reason for investing in LIMS
  • Contaminants: the balancing act between technological, economical and health criteria
  • Successful HACCP implementation and the next generation safety training
  • Quantitative methods of detection
  • Microhazards and solutions in the meat industry

Example Features

Safety first – Exclusive interview with David Byrne, former EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection. Read more

From fork-to-farm – a new approach to European agro-food research: By Philippe
Busquin, EU Commissioner for Research. Read more

The great GM debate – An FS roundtable featuring: EFSA, Friends of the Earth and the Agricultural Biotechnology Council. Read more

Feeding the facts – Anna Jung, Director General of the European Food Information Council, on the importance of communication. Read more

Reliable answers for a new generation of food safety questions – Food safety has become a major global concern. Read more

Readership (Job Title / Area of Responsibility)

  • Corporate Governance
  • Microbiologist
  • Lab Manager
  • Research and Development
  • QA Manager
  • QC Manager
  • Plant Manager
  • Production Manager
  • Sanitation & Hygiene Manager
  • Chief Engineer
  • Consultant
  • Analyst

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