Consumer trust in food is falling. Is the food and beverage industry doing enough to ensure the authenticity of our food?
Only 33% of consumers are confident about the safety of the food they eat
Food Integrity 2020 will explore the challenges that the industry is facing, with leaders from the food and beverage sector sharing and debating the issues, the lessons, and the solutions.
https://www.foodintegrityevent.com/
You are invited to the 1st WeValueFood Conference. An innovative conference for industry, educators & academia. Nestle & Basque Culinary Centre are just two organisations presenting on new ways to engage our next generation with food.
Conference Dates: 03-04 December 2019
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Conference Flyer: CLICK HERE
The conference will showcase the latest research and thinking on how to better engage next generation consumers on food values. Novel tools and strategies will be presented by a range of international speakers from research, education and industry sectors. We will also provide opportunities for early stage researches to present their achievements.
The following key themes will be explored:
— The latest research on food engagement
— Successful tools and strategies from around the world
— The role of social media
— Practical demonstrations
— How industry can learn to communicate with next generation consumers’
The conference will include interactive workshops on creating food
engagement and technological experiences such as Virtual Reality (VR) .
Conference Website: https://conference.wevaluefood.eu/
The Scottish Section of the Institute of Brewing & Distilling is delighted to host the seventh Worldwide Distilled Spirits Conference at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC), in the heart of Scotland’s capital, from 25th May to 28th May 2020.
It’s almost 40 years since the first conference in the series conceived by The Institute of Brewing. Since then the conference and its community has grown to become the world’s leading collective of scientific practitioners dedicated to the distilled spirits business.
The 2020 conference will build on the success of the Glasgow 2017 conference to bring together academic, business, trade, government and media experts to share knowledge and learn about the latest innovations across all aspects of distilling. As well as focusing on spirit production, the conference will expand its reach to include the latest developments in product protection and authentication.
The conference will include thought-provoking presentations, posters and an extensive trade exhibition in a world class, purpose built venue fitting to showcase ‘the spirit of diversity, knowledge and innovation’. There will also be ample opportunity for networking and exciting social events in Scotland’s magnificent capital city.
We look forward to welcoming you to Edinburgh.
Joe Arciero
Chair, Worldwide Distilled Spirits Conference 2020 Organising Committee
When: 25th - 28th May, 2020
Where: Edinburgh International Conference Centre
Website: https://wdsc2020.com
Get ready for the next GFSI Conference, the industry’s annual rendezvous for the advancement of food safety worldwide! In 2019, we are heading to Nice on the French Riviera, to explore how we can better secure a safe food supply in the future. The Nice edition will focus on Emerging Challenges and the Future of Food Safety. As the birthplace of the Global Food Safety Initiative, France is the perfect host country for this 18th edition of the Conference, looking to the future.
When: 25th-28th February 2019
Where: Nice, France
Conference Website: https://www.theconsumergoodsforum.com/events/gfsi-conference
Foodtropolis - Will Cities Shape our Perception of Food and Nature?
Global Food Summit 2019
Date: 20 & 21 March 2019
Time: 3:30 pm on 20 March 2019
9:00 am on 21 March 2019
In:
Residence Munich
Max-Joseph-Saal
Residenzstraße 1
80333 Munich
Conference website: http://www.globalfoodsummit.com/?lang=en
It is with great pleasure that the Global Harmonization Initiative (GHI) invites you to attend the 1st GHI World Congress on Food Safety and Security, 24-28 March 2019, in Leiden, The Netherlands. Our aim is to bring together leading scientists, researchers and research scholars from academia and industry, prominent decision makers from international organisations, and the public from across the globe to advance the conversation about the vital role of modern science in food legislation and regulation.
When?: 24 – 28 March 2019
Where?: Leiden, The Netherlands
Conference Website: https://ghiworldcongress.org/
With continuation of two successful events announcing 3rd International Conference on Food and Nutritional Sciences booked to be hung on 15 - 16 April, 2019 in Paris, France. The intend to direct gathering for all Scientists, Scholars, Engineers and Students from the Universities all around the globe. This gathering gives chances to the representatives to trade new thoughts and application encounters up close and personal, to build up business or research relations and to discover worldwide accomplices for future coordinated effort.
When?: 15 - 16 April, 2019
Where?: Paris, France
Conference Website: http://www.foodscienceconference.org/
In the coming decades, the world food structure will face huge challenges to feed its large and growing population. The influence factors include on-going growth of the world population, the limited availability of natural resources and climate change. Due to this reason, 2019 6th International Conference on Food Security and Nutrition (ICFSN 2019), as one of the premier forum for presenting developments in Food Security and Nutrition, aimed to bring together leading scientists, researchers around the world to discuss the priority topics for Food Security and Nutrition in recent years.
When?: April 8-10, 2019
Where?: Barcelona, Spain
Conference Website: http://www.icfsn.org/index.html
Educate
AOAC's Annual Meeting offers scientific sessions, roundtables, workshops, and poster presentations to meet a variety of analytical needs. Nowhere else can you find access to this level reliable knowledge. AOAC brings you science-based research from the top scientists in the world; technical information about changes and advances in methodology; and access to techniques and applications.
Network
Scientists from around the world come to discuss science at a different level. You'll meet a higher caliber of scientist at an AOAC Annual Meeting & Exposition. Not only will you meet with international and domestic scientists - AOAC provides a broad spectrum of interactions between industry, government, and academia. AOAC hosts a number of different special events to provide the venue for you to meet with other members.
Collaborate
Meet scientists interested in your issues, companies that are willing to partner to help solve problems, and representatives from around the world working together to achieve common goals. Ask anyone who has attended before - it's not your typical meeting.
When?: September 8-11, 2019
Where?: Denver, Colorado, USA
Conference Website: CLICK HERE
Sustainable Food Systems - Performing by Connecting
The 33rd EFFoST International Conference 2019 will be hosted by Wageningen University & Research and held in the city of Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
When?: 12-14 November 2019
Where?: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Conference website: CLICK HERE
The CRA-W in Belgium organizes its Annual Spectroscopy and Chemometrics training
When? : 11 – 15 March 2019
Where?: Centre Wallon de Recherches Agronomiques
Chaussée de Namur 24, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium
Please find more information in the FLYER
Food Frud Conference 2019 reunites leading industry professionals from across the globe, to a one-day event, dedicated to upholding the integrity of the global food supply chain. Produced in association with some of the finest experts in the food industry, the conference takes Food Fraud to the next level.
When: 28 February 2019
Where: QEII Conference Centre, London
More info: CLICK HERE
EuroFoodChem XX Conference
One of the most important aims of the EuroFoodChem Conferences is to provide a forum for discussion and exchange of innovative ideas between researchers from academia and industry who share a general interest in Food Chemistry in all its aspects and interfaces, including universities, research centres, industry, consumers, policy makers, and control authorities.
Main Topics include:
The aim of WMFmeetsIUPAC – the world’s largest mycotoxin event – is to increase the awareness of human and animal health risks due to mycotoxin contamination. It offers a platform for the food and feed industry, science and regulatory authorities to exchange current knowledge, to promote harmonisation of food and feed safety regulations and control procedures, and to make recommendations for integrated strategies ensuring the safety and security of food and feed supply chains.
WMFmeetsIUPAC offers an excellent way to network and to share ideas, providing a reference source for anyone involved in this field.
The event will include:
The following Recent & Emerging Issues will be addressed by RAFA 2019:
Food Safety Analysis 2018: Today's and Tomorrow's Analytical Challenges
Dates: 27-28 November, 2018
Venue: Biopolis, Singapore.
The conference is a two-day event and will cover the broad range of current topics and trends, as well as expanding the scientific poster programme and providing a first-class exhibition and networking opportunity. The technical programme will focus on key disciplines within food safety and testing techniques, providing attendees with a unique opportunity to keep ahead of current and future techniques.
Please join us for this unique training and networking opportunity. Building on lessons learned in the EU-funded FoodIntegrity project and practical cases, experts will discuss strengths and weaknesses of fraud prevention methods applied in the food sector. For more information, please download the programme.
Place and Date: Nov 19-20, 2018 in Tutzing, close to Munich.
The training will take place the afternoon of November 19th and the morning of November 20th in Tutzing, Germany. Tutzing is in Bavaria, just a 30-minute train-ride from Munich (or a good hour by train from Munich Airport (MUC)). Training language is English.
Please register as soon as possible to secure your place at the table! We are happy to be able to offer the opportunity to join the training without cost besides your own transport and lodging in beautiful lakeside Tutzing as well as a small fee for meals (Euro 75,00). During lunch, dinner, and coffee breaks, participants will be invited to join for meals and snacks, offering a unique opportunity to network in this exclusive small-group setting.
If you would like to join, you may download the programme and the registration form. Please also find a list of Hotels in Tutzing.
Building on lessons learned in the European FoodIntegrity project and practical cases, experts will discuss strengths and weaknesses of fraud prevention methods applied in the food sector.
More information on the program:
http://www.organic-services.com/fileadmin/files/05events/seminars/181016_Integrity_Management_Programme.pdf
Registration form:
http://www.organic-services.com/fileadmin/files/05events/seminars/181016_Integrity_Workshop_Registration_01.docx
FoodIntegrity TRAINING WEEK
TRAINING SCHOOL on assuring the integrity in the food chain, 3-5 September 2018 & SYMPOSIUM for post-graduate students on food fraud, 6-7 September 2018
More information on
http://seminar.vscht.cz/fi_training_week/fi_training_week.html
Read more:
Workshop on Key success factors for a food integrity information sharing system on 28 May (agenda of the workshop here)
Session 1 on 29 May (program of the session)
Session 2 on 30 May (program of the session)
Open day on 30 May (invitation to the event)
Including Workshop on Introducing Early Warning System to the industry and the food safety authorities and providing a live demo of the tools that have been built (agenda of the workshop here)
Since 2014, the Scotch Whisky Research Institute has led the Spirit Drinks Work Package of the EU funded FoodIntegrity Project.
This workshop will provide attendees with:
For more details, click here.
22 March 2018, Brussels, Belgium
The purpose of this workshop is to create consensus-based recommendations for definitions of key terms and concepts related to food authenticity, and to provide recommendations for "best practice” underlying future communication and work related to food authenticity.
More details and agenda on http://www.authent-net.eu/
Dedicated to innovations and breakthroughs in rapid analysis & diagnostics across the agri-food,animal health and healthcare sectors.
5th - 7th Novemebr 2018
https://secure.fera.defra.gov.uk/foodintegrity/secure/downloadFile.cfm?id=532
This workshop is organized within the framework of WP 20 “Integrity of complex foods: innovation in analysis and communication” and is going to present a set of PCR based analytical methods and discuss their use in the process chains for the production of the two complex foods analyzed: bolognese sauce and raw ham tortellini.
Date: February 23, 2018
Location: Alimenta Italia Great Hall - PTP Science Park (Lodi, Italy)
Please visit the italbiotec or italacademy websites for more information: http://www.italbiotec.it/, http://www.italacademy.it/
Africa Food Safety Workshop seeks to contribute to better food safety controls in Africa while establishing and strengthening networks among food safety stakeholders.
Dates: 04-08 June 2018
Location: Pretoria, South Africa
The wrokshop will incorportate presentations and discussions with international experts.
For the workshop flyer, please click HERE.
Registration now Open
5th and Final FoodINtegrity Conferece
Dates: 14th –15th November 2018
Location: Nantes, France
The five core conference themes reflect an integrated approach to identifying solutions to the complex global challenge of food security:
Foodomics 2018 - from Data to Knowledge -
Dates: 10-12 January 2018
Location: Cesena, Italy
Please visit the conferece website for further details: http://www.foodomics.eu/index.htm
Alongside the core scientific programme, the symposium will host an attractive technical exhibition where companies active in the field will present their latest developments in instrumentation, software and applications related to the hyphenation of separation, detection and sample preparation techniques topped with technical seminars.
Dates: 24th - 26th January 2018
Location: Cardiff City Hall, Cardiff, UK
Please visit the website for further details: https://www.ilmexhibitions.com/htc/
Nutraceuticals Europe is an international event that brings together producers and marketers from across the functional ingredients, novel ingredients and ad blended ingredients industry and their clients.
Dates: 14 - 15 FEBRUARY 2018
Location: FERIA DE MADRID - SPAIN
Please visit conference website for more information: http://www.nutraceuticalseurope.com/
Horizon Scan Upcoming Threats & Global Supply Pitfalls, Reduce Potential Vulnerabilities With Advanced Testing Strategies & Minimise Supplier Risks To Boost End-To-End Traceability & Visibility In The Post-Horsegate, Post-Brexit World
Date: 22nd February 2018
Location: One America Square, Central London, UK
Please visit conference website for furhter details: https://foodfraudconference.com/
The conference, hosted in London on 1 March 2018, is a forum to discuss valuable and relative topics, alternative approaches, reaffirm processes, and provide insight into the industry and how it needs to adapt.
Date: 01 March 2018
Location: London, UK
Please visit the conference website for more information: https://www.newfoodfraud.com/
The World Mycotoxin Forum is the leading international meeting series on mycotoxins where food and feed industry representatives meet with people from universities and governments from around the world.
Date: 12-14 March 2018
Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Please visit the website for more information: https://www.worldmycotoxinforum.org/
Join food safety practitioners at Canada’s leading event to:
The conference will highlight the latest research efforts in food structuring and de-structuring. Two sessions will be entirely dedicated to examining the impact of dairy structures on digestibility and nutritional release in the gastrointestinal tract.
Date: 3 - 6 June 2018
Location: Hyatt Regency Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Please visit the website for further information: https://www.elsevier.com/events/conferences/food-structure-and-functionality-forum-symposium
Save the date! We want to see you at Metabolomics 2018, the 14th International Conference of the Metabolomics Society.
Date: 24-28 June 2018
Location: Seattle, Washington
Please visit the conference website for more information: http://metabolomics2018.org/
Of the several areas to be covered are recent developments and updates on the food analytics with focus on food authenticity and traceability, food quality measurement, food component analysis, food contaminant analysis, sensory analytics, material migration analysis, food allergens, foodomics, food analyses, bioavailability testing, nutional analysis, food fraud analysis, microbial analytics, food rheology, product analysis, and new innovations in food analysis.
Date: September 19-21, 2018
Location: Munich (Erding), Germany
Please visit the conference website for more information: http://www.ifaiconference.com/
The International Symposium on Chromatography (ISC) represents a traditional congress series of major European Chemical Societies. It is one of the premier meetings for discussion of all modes of chromatography and separation sciences with a broad coverage of techniques and applications.
Date: 23-27 September 2018.
Location: Cannes-Mandelieu, France
Please visit the conference website for more information: http://isc2018.fr/
qNMR Day on November 24th 2017 in Bari
Location: Politecnico di Bari, Aula Magna A. Alto, via Orabona 4 – Campus Bari
Organisers: V. Gallo. P. Mastrorilli, M. Latronico, S. Pontelli, A. Rizzuti, S. Todisco, R. Ragone
Date: November 24th 2017
The goal of this qNMR Day is to highlight the power of NMR spectroscopy in quantitative analysis. Scientific results will be shown and discussed with the aim to provide:
- objective standards for individual laboratories
- comparison of analytical results from different laboratories
- effective ways to check the quality and the accuracy of the analytical work
- innovation in quantitative analysis
- examples of interesting NMR applications from all over the world
For info email to qnmr2017@gidrm.org or visit https://goo.gl/8hH6v2
Registration fee: € 50,00
Registration fee for GIDRM members: € 30,00
Registration form at https://goo.gl/Sy5hbm
10 Attendance Grants will be available for young SCI member scientists (under 35). Grants will cover the registration fee only. Submit your CV and a presentation letter from your current research supervisor before November 12th, 2017 by e-mail to girm.sci@gmail.com
Speakers
With growing calls for safer food worldwide, government regulators, scientists and industry executives are actively working through how best to protect consumers. Food safety also happens to be an issue that can immensely benefit from open dialogue, knowledge sharing, collaboration and applying innovative technology. Each year the China International Food Safety & Quality (CIFSQ) Conference offers an unparalleled opportunity to address key challenges and explore viable solutions for strengthening food protection in the most expedient, comprehensive and cost efficient way. If you are interested or involved with food safety, then this event is for you. Join more than 900 food safety leaders for an outstanding educational and networking experience.
Conferece Website: http://www.chinafoodsafety.com/
Conference Programme: https://secure.fera.defra.gov.uk/foodintegrity/secure/downloadFile.cfm?id=469
The Food Safety Conference 2017 offers a wealth of advice on the latest thinking about safety topics linked to food and drinks, aiming to gather food professionals from every part of the supply chain.
The conference will investigate the latest developments to ensure food safety from the farm, through manufacture's plant and the supply chain to products and packaging on the points of sale. Will also discuss what further measures the industry needs to take in order to reassure consumers about the safety and authenticity of the food products.
http://foodsafetyconference.boussiasconferences.gr/
Registrations now open http://idfwds2017.com/delegate-registration/
International Dairy Federation
The International Dairy Federation (IDF) represents the global dairy sector and ensures the best scientific expertise is used to support high quality milk and nutritious, safe and sustainable dairy products.
IDF’s vision is to help nourish the world with safe and sustainable dairy. The growing world population needs nutritional security, and we must provide this both safely and sustainably. IDF provides a mechanism for the dairy sector to reach global consensus on how to help feed the world with safe and sustainable dairy products.
As the peak body for the global dairy sector, IDF has an important role to play in ensuring the right policies, standards, practices and regulations are in place to achieve this goal. In close cooperation with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), IDF has established a joint IDF/ISO work programme for the development of standard methods of analysis and sampling for milk and milk products.
IDF has also working relationships with several global intergovernmental organizations, and has a formal status with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme – Codex Alimentarius.
Making a Difference with Dairy
I’m delighted to invite you to Belfast for the IDF World Dairy Summit 2017. The dairy industry is a key sector within food and agriculture in the UK. Our dairy farmers and processors strive for excellence in quality, safety efficiency, innovation and sustainability. We are acutely aware that we are part of an industry that helps to feed the world with nutritious dairy foods, and that comes with a responsibility to our consumers, our animals and our planet.
We are looking forward to welcoming you to Belfast for an exciting and thought provoking summit alongside some great social events.
Food Authenticity Conference
Date: 05-06 October 2017
Time: 08:00 - 17:00
Location: The Conference Centre, Dublin Castle, Dame St, Dublin 2, Ireland
FSAI are hosting the Food Authenticity Conference to share national and international learnings on how regulators, authorised officers, the food industry, food scientists and academia can work in collaboration to protect the authenticity and integrity of the food supply chain.
The conference is an opportunity to bring together all stakeholders to examine current issues around the authenticity and integrity of our food, the public health implications and effective prevention control strategies.
Please follow the link below to view the conference website:
https://www.fsai.ie/news_centre/events/safeguarding_food_chain_programme.html
Or click HERE for the conference programme.
Registration is now open.
RAFA 2017
8th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Food Analysis
Date: 7-10 November 2017
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Further Inforamtion and Registration Link: http://www.rafa2017.eu/
Belfast Summit on Global Food Integrity (ASSET 2018)
Date: 29-31 May 2018
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
The Belfast Summit on Global Food Integrity will bring together food-security experts from all over the world, spanning academia, industry, agriculture, NGOs and regulators. Over the course of four days, they will grapple with the dilemma of how to feed a growing global population with integrity amid issues such as pollution, climate change, food fraud and food terrorism. Keynote speakers already signed up to the outcomes-focussed agenda include professionals from PepsiCo, WHO, FAO, WWF, the European Commission and US Homeland Security. Countries represented include Denmark, USA, Austria, China, Czech Republic, Belgium, Singapore and The Netherlands.
Don’t miss the opportunity to be part of the debate!
For Further Information please lick the following link: https://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/ASSET2018Summit/
One of the goals of the AUTHENT-NET project is develop a low-level European voluntary standard (a CEN Workshop Agreement, or CWA) called "Authenticity in the feed and the food chain - General principles and basic requirements". As part of the CEN workshop process, a kick-off meeting will be held in connection with the 2017 Food Integrity Conference.
Time and date: May 11th 2017 – 14.00–17.00 CEST
Venue: Starhotel Du Parc, Viale Piacenza 12/C, Parma, Italy
For further information please click HERE.
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For conference details please follow the link below:
http://foodintegrity2017-parma.eu/
Flyer
To register for the conference please click HERE
Parma, Italy 10-11 May 2017
DRAFT PROGRAMME FOR THE 2017 FoodIntegrity Conference has now been released.
Assuring the integrity of the food chain: Turning science into solutions
Dates: 11-12 May 2017
Location: Parma, Italy
Click links below for:
http://foodintegrity2017-parma.eu/
Programme
Registration
Food fraud is estimated to cost the UK food and drink industry up to £11 billion per year and also has the potential to be a major food safety issue. Food fraud covers a broad definition and can include dilution or substitution, adulteration, mislabelling, or misinterpretation or deliberate tampering.
As fraudsters are developing more sophisticated ways of adulterating food, analysts need to be able to identify whether the food is genuine. Modern analytical techniques are capable of identifying known contaminants at very low levels but the emphasis on this meeting will not be on identifying specific contaminants but on identifying whether the food is entirely what it says it is.
There are a plethora of techniques and methodologies used in food analysis from the robust and routine to the new, novel and developing. Techniques that can profile samples, whether portable or lab based, are being increasing employed and could prove invaluable tools in the fight against food fraud.
Confirmed speakers include;
Kate Kemsley from IFR, Sophie Rollinson from Defra Nick Byrd from Campden BRI,
If you would like to contribute to the meeting though presentation or sponsorship please contact a meeting organiser: either Mike saltmarsh (mike@inglehurst.co.uk) or Kathy Ridgway (Kathy. Ridgway@anatune.co.uk)
The deadline for Submission of abstracts is Jan 31st 2017 Oral, Posters and short/flash presentations welcome – please specify your preference when submitting.
Registration: Information on registration and cost is available at:
http://www.rsc.org/events/detail/24240/authentomics-using-big-data-to-identify-food-fraud-spotting-the-unknown-unknown
Université Laval is organising a major conference to review current knowledge, mobilize resources and create momentum for collective action in preventing and mitigating food fraud.
FOOD FRAUD - Global Understanding 2017
Date: 4-5 April 2017
Location: CHÂTEAU FRONTENAC, Quebec City, Canada
Please visit the website for more information: http://foodfraudconference.ca/en/global-understanding-of-food-fraud/global-understanding-of-food-fraud/
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Please click here to register: http://foodfraudconference.ca/en/global-understanding-of-food-fraud/registration/
The SCAI and the Animal Production Department (University of Cordoba, Spain) will hold a new edition of the course entitled "Applications in Quality Control and Traceability of Agri-food Products and Processes". Unlike other courses, taught worldwide, it is taught entirely in Spanish, to give researchers and professionals from Latin America the opportunity to perform the training in their mother tongue. The course is academically coordinated by Prof. Ana Garrido Varo current President of ICNIRS (http://icnirs.org/index.php/overview/executive). For more information visit: https://www.uco.es/servicios/scai/novedades/curso_nir_2017.html
or email Dr. Juan Garcia Olmo nir@uco.es
For the 10th consecutive year, the CRA-W organises a complete training on vibrational spectroscopy and chemometrics. In this 10th anniversary training you will
have a complete overview of the theory of the spectroscopic and chemometric methods most commonly used. This will be completed with dynamical practical sessions in multidisciplinary laboratories, which will give you some tips and tricks useful when dealing with spectroscopy and chemometrics.
Please click here to download leaflet with further information.
The training will be hosted by the Valorisa-tion of Agricultural Products Department (Henseval Building) of the Walloon Agricul-tural Research Centre (CRA-W) in Gembloux.
No participation fee is required. Travel and subsistence costs are not covered.
Registration opens on 30th September and closes on 9th November 2016!
For further information contact us at erachair@isofood.eu.
http://isofood.eu/2016/10/exploratory-workshop-isotopic-techniques-in-food-characterisation/
Objectives
The exploratory workshop is dedicated to the exploration of new directions and emerging topics in the field of isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) and its application to food science. The aim is to bring together experts from various backgrounds including public research institutes, universities, and the private sector, but all devoted to the study of isotopic techniques for the or igin and authenticity characterization of food. The workshop is organized as a series of plenary lectures, oral and poster communications designed to create a platform for sharing of knowledge, experiences, good practices and cooperation among experts and aims to define the state-of-the-art in instrumentation, methodologies and applications in isotope ratio mass spectrometry in this field.
Objectives
The Fondazione Edmund Mach (FEM) and Jožef Stefan Institute (JSI) are organising a training course on stable isotope metrology. New applications and new analytical technologies in stable isotope research have resulted in a change to the measurements and standards infrastructure needed to ensure data
Integrity. Making accurate and precise measurements of stable isotopes is challenging, since analytical methods cannot be properly validated given that lack of certified reference materials and/or reference methods. Uncertainty propagation in measurements, both for reference material characterization and for everyday
laboratory practice will be discussed. The training course aims to provide participants with the skills required to produce quality assured stable isotope ratio
data for environmental and food samples. Both theory and practice will be combined throughout the course to give participants the opportunity to put concepts learned into practice.
https://www.masstwin.eu/assets/news/MASSTWIN-workshop-v3-FINAL.pdf
Registration opens on September 30th 2016
Registration closes on November 9th 2016
Deadline for application November 10th 2016
Candidate selection
No participation fee required.
Travel and subsistence costs are not covered.
Please fill in the application form at https://www.masstwin.eu
China International Food Safety & Quality Conference + Expo invites you to join more than 800 food safety leaders for an outstanding educational and networking experience.
Date: 2 - 3 November 2016
Location: Shanghai Marriott Hotel City Centre, Shanghai, China
Further Information can be found by clicking ont he following link:
http://www.chinafoodsafety.com/index.htm
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BfR are hosting an International Symposium on “Standardisation of non-targeted methods for food authentication“ from
Dates: Monday the 28th to Tuesday the 29th of November 2016.
Venue: German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment
Lecture theatre
Diedersdorfer Weg 1, 12277 Berlin (Marienfelde)
The symposium will provide a platform for promoting scientific exchange and discussing open questions in the research field of food and feed authentication using non-targeted methods.
For more information and to register please go to:
http://www.bfr.bund.de/en/event/international_symposium_standardisation_of_non_targeted_methods_for_food_authentication-198363.html
MoniQA Association (www.moniqa.org) is organizing a two-day-symposium on Food Fraud Prevention and Effective Food Allergen Management targeted toward the food industry/food manufacturers, food production auditors and representatives from the regulatory environment. This workshop will be especially suitable for SMEs (small and medium sized enterprises) and fulfilling CPD (Continuous Professional Development) requirements.
Date: 26 & 27 January 2017
Location: Bari, Italy
More information: http://bari2017.moniqa.org/
On 28th − 29th November 2016 the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) will organise a two-day symposium (noon to noon) on “Standardisation of non-targeted methods for food authentication” in Berlin.
The international symposium will provide a platform for promoting scientific exchange and discussing open questions in the research field of food and feed authentication using non-targeted methods. The exchangeability of data between laboratories, validation and standardisation of analytical methods and statistical models, as well as system challenges and quality assurance measures are among the key issues that require closer investigation and which will be addressed.
Stakeholder from academia, government and industry are welcome to join the symposium. Further information will be made available here:
http://www.bfr.bund.de/en/event/international_symposium_standardisation_of_non_targeted_methods_for_food_authentication-198363.html
Registration will open soon.
With kind regards,
the BfR-Academy
New Food hosted a live roundtable event at the FoodIntegrity 2016 Conference in Prague.
To listen to the webcast, please visit:
http://www.newfoodmagazine.com/24155/blogs/foodintegrity-roundup-roundtable/
To listen to specific questions asked please click on any of the following links:
> Question One: Risk mitigation strategies
> Question Two: Targeted vs. non-targeted methods for food fraud testing
> Question Three: Database development, use and curation
> Question Four: Emerging technologies
> Question Five: Technology and cost effectiveness
Submitted by Verda Fazlic – Fera FoodIntegrity web correspondent
Isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) is gaining a lot of interest with many applications in different fields, ranging from food (traceability, authentication, ....), medicine, ecology, environment, cultural heritage to geosciences.
The 1st IRMS Day inaugurates a new series of workshops dedicated to the applications of isotope ratio mass spectrometry to the different fields. The purpose is to bring together a wide community of scientists working in the stable isotope area coming from all over the Italy, to encourage communication across disciplines and dealing with similar issues.
Topics include:
We take great pleasure in inviting post-graduate students (PhD/MSc) to participate in the 1st Postgraduate Symposium on Food Fraud hosted by Wageningen University and Research Centre in Wageningen, the Netherlands, on June 23-24, 2016. Postgraduates from around the world working on food fraud are welcome to participate, as are those who have completed a doctorate but not yet taken up a post. This exciting event will be an excellent occasion to meet your peers and develop your network as a junior researcher in the area of food authenticity, fraud, and integrity. The conference is free of charge and provides a varied programme for professional development as well as for networking (provisional programme attached). It is open to all postgraduate students across the full spectrum of food quality management, analytical chemistry, physics, criminology, marketing, consumer sciences, and economic sciences.
For event programme, please click HERE.
We encourage all to contribute to the symposium with an oral or poster presentation in order to maximize interaction. If you are interested in presenting your relevant PhD or post-doctoral work please submit a half-page abstract by 30 April 2016 in addition to registering (both forms attached). Those selected to give oral presentations will be notified by 20th May 2016. In addition to the junior presentations, we have invited three well-renowned professionals who will sketch the perspectives of the food industry, retail and Europol on food fraud.
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For REGISTRATION FORM please click HERE.
For ABSTRACT TEMPLATE please click HERE.
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Submit registration forms and abstracts to:
Prof.dr. Saskia van Ruth
saskia.vanruth@wur.nl
This event is FREE (including lunches and symposium dinner) but all attendees should register as soon as possible and no later than by Friday 10th June 2016.
Accommodation: special rates for single rooms + breakfast of € 85 per night are available at Hotel De Wageningsche Berg, Generaal Foulkesweg 96, 6703 DS Wageningen; http://hoteldewageningscheberg.nl/. For reservations email to receptie@dewageningscheberg.nl and mention the symposium.
Regular updates will appear on our website, please find also some information in the flyer attached. Feel free to forward the information.
Your presence at this symposium is important to us, we look forward to meeting you in Wageningen.
On behalf of the organizers,
Saskia van Ruth
The international symposium will provide state-of-the-art data on food safety in the spice and herb chains by especially focusing on biological and chemical hazards and their detection and control in culinary herbs and spices.
The symposium is open to stakeholders from industry, government, and academia. Talks will be given by external experts and by partners of the EU project SPICED. The SPICED project aims on securing the spices and herbs commodity chains in Europe against deliberate, accidental or natural biological and chemical contamination (www.spiced.eu).
Attendees are invited to participate with poster contributions; abstract submission will close on 31 March 2016.
Students with poster contribution can apply for a Student Travel Award.
For more information and registration: CLICK HERE
For conference details please follow the link below:
http://www.foodintegrity2016.eu/index.html
To register for the conference please click HERE
To submit your abstract for oral and poster presentations for the conference please click HERE
The CRA-W in Belgium organizes its Annual Spectroscopy and Chemometrics training (29 February – 4 March 2016).
Please find more information at http://www.cra.wallonie.be/en/events/training-in-vibrational-spectroscopy-and-chemometrics
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Contact us at j.fernandez@cra.wallonie.be
Tackling food fraud: Industry initiatives and analytical solutions to ensure the authenticity of food and drink.
For more information about this event and to sign up, please click HERE.
DATE: 4th July 2016
LOCATION: Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Free Entrance
Please click HERE for flyer
FI Workshop Lisbon Program
Visit the web sites for ESFE Environmental Stress and Functional Ecology http://ecofun.fc.ul.pt/index.html and SIIAF Stable Isotopes and Instrumental Analysis Facility http://sites.google.com/site/siiafcba/
For more information please contact: fi.workshop.2016@gmail.com
RME2016 is the 11th conference in the Rapid Methods Europe series dedicated to innovations and breakthroughs in microbiological and chemical analysis of food, feed and water. This 11th edition will, for the first time, also incorporate new developments in human and animal diagnostics.
Conference topics include, but are not limited to ...
• sampling and sample preparation
• multi-analyte detection
• simple and cost-effective technologies
• alternative biosensors and recognition elements
• scientifi c solutions for industry
• outlook for future analytical advances
... for microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, parasites), chemical contaminants, mycotoxins and plant toxins, allergens, GMOs, pesticide/veterinary drug residues, and nanoparticles, as well as for authenticity, traceability and fraud.
Please click HERE for flyer.
3rd Food Integrity Conference
6-7 April 2016, Prague, Czech Republic
Assuring the integrity of the food chain: Fighting food fraud
For further information please click HERE.
4–5 November, 2015
Prague, Czech Republic
Clarion Congress Hotel - Prague,
Stella Hall, 10:30–16:00
Exhibition Hours 13:30–16:00
FoodIntegrity Open Days at RAFA
For all other RAFA information including the programme please click here.
October 7-9, 2015 Foggia, Italy
www.msfooday.darepuglia.it
For More Information https://secure.fera.defra.gov.uk/foodintegrity/secure/downloadFile.cfm?id=337
The 4th MS-Food Day conference represents an excellent occasion for presenting the state-of-the-art of mass spectrometry in food chemistry & technology, along with the latest innovations and novelty in instrumentation and applications.
As already testified by the successful previous editions, this will also create the optimum opportunity to meet the needs and opportunities of academic institutions, research and control institutions, private enterprises and food companies.
Innovations in food science applications of MS
· Food safety
· Quality control/Traceability
· Food integrity
· Functional food
· Metabolomics/Foodomics
· Sensory quality: linking sensory and MS data
· Packaging
· Process monitoring
Methodological and instrumental developments
· Recent trends in mass spectrometry
· Ion sources and mass analysers
· High resolution mass spectrometry
· Ambient Mass Spectrometry
· Direct injection/Infusion mass spectrometry
· High-throughput techniques
· Data analysis
7th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Food Analysis (RAFA 2015) will be held on 3–6 November 2015, in Clarion Congress Hotel Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
RAFA 2015, leading conference in advances in food analysis, will provide an overview of the state-of-the-art on analytical & bioanalytical food quality and safety control strategies and introduce the challenges for novel approaches in this field. The programme will be tailored to provide networking opportunities as well as exploring the latest results from the food analysis community. Presentations will be given by leading scientists through keynote lectures and contributed oral and poster presentations. Young scientists are encouraged to present their scientific work, with a number of RAFA 2015 Student Travel Grants available. The prestigious RAFA Poster Award will also be given for the best poster presentation by a young scientist, along with other sponsored poster awards. As long as you are willing to join us, please register for participation in the Recent Advances in Food Analysis (RAFA 2015) at www.rafa2015.eu.
Fulvio Mattivi and Peter Robatscher, as conveners, are happy to welcome the 9th Edition of the In Vino Analytica Scientia Symposium which will be held in Trentino Alto Adige (Italy), 14-17 July 2015.
This conference series was initiated by the Divisions of Analytical Chemistry and Food Chemistry of the European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences (EuCheMS), with Professor Christian Ducauze as ‘founding father’ and Chair of the In Vino conference Presidium.
The congress covers various topics. There will be plenty of space to present your research as a talk or as a poster.
For more details, please click in the next link: http://ivas2015.eu/
EFSA is pleased to announce the details for the Scientific Conference being organised on the occasion of the World EXPO 2015, which has food as its central theme.
Representatives from the scientific and risk assessment community as well as risk managers and risk communicators from in and outside Europe are invited to register online to participate in this major event:
Shaping the Future of Food Safety, Together – Milan, 14-16 October 2015
The conference will focus on two major themes – Assessment Science; and Science, Innovation and Society – and will be organised in plenary and breakout sessions, with the latter covering the following topics:
• Open risk assessment
• Data: co-creating added value
• Key challenges in scientific advice - Weighing evidence and assessing uncertainties
• Nutrition challenges ahead
• Novel chemical hazard characterisation approaches
• Microbiological risk assessment - Challenges and opportunities
• Drivers for emerging issues in animal and plant health - The global nutrition at risk
• Advancing environmental risk assessment
• Expertise for the future
Call for abstracts for dedicated poster session
Scientists are also invited to submit abstracts for the poster session. Particularly early-career researchers and scientists are asked to send contributions to present work relating to the themes of the conference. The accepted abstracts will be published in a dedicated EFSA Journal Supplement and the related poster is to be presented at the conference during the poster sessions.
Abstracts for the poster session should be submitted by 3rd April 2015, at the latest, through the conference’s website www.efsaexpo2015.eu
Young Researchers Initiative
To help early-career researchers participate in the conference, EFSA is offering to make a financial contribution to the travel and accommodation costs, to a selection of accepted abstracts. More information on this initiative can be found on the conference website.
For the latest updates, please visit regularly the conference’s website: www.efsaexpo2015.eu
You can also follow us on EFSA’s twitter account (#EFSAExpo2015), EFSA’s YouTube account, LinkedIn.
The 2nd FoodIntegrity conference "Assuring the integrity of the food chain: food authenticity research priorities and funding opportunities" will take place in Bilbao on 26-27 March 2015.
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN
http://www.azti.es/foodintegrity/
The 1 ½ day conference will:
• Present the latest research outputs from the FoodIntegrity project:
- A European expert network on food authenticity
- A European knowledgebase on analytical methodology and databases for food authenticity
- Chinese consumer attitudes to European products
- The development of an Early Warning System for predicting food fraud
- Identifying gaps in present research
• Establish how researchers can apply to access the 2015 FoodIntegrity research calls
• Bring together national funding bodies to establish priorities for transnational funding
• Present Horizon 2020 strategic requirements in the food sector
The 2nd FoodIntegrity conference "Assuring the integrity of the food chain: food authenticity research priorities and funding opportunities" will take place in Bilbao on 26-27 March 2015.
http://www.azti.es/mailings/infoazti/foodintegrity_savethedate.html
The 1 ½ day conference will:
• Present the latest research outputs from the FoodIntegrity project:
- A European expert network on food authenticity
- A European knowledgebase on analytical methodology and databases for food authenticity
- Chinese consumer attitudes to European products
- The development of an Early Warning System for predicting food fraud
- Identifying gaps in present research
• Establish how researchers can apply to access the 2015 FoodIntegrity research calls
• Bring together national funding bodies to establish priorities for transnational funding
• Present Horizon 2020 strategic requirements in the food sector
The interdisciplinary research group Social & Cultural Food Studies (FOST) of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel invites papers and panel proposals for its 2015 conference Trusting the hand that feeds you. Understanding the historical evolution of trust in food, which will held in Brussels from 7 to 9 September 2015.
http://trustingthehand.com/
The international symposium will provide a platform for promoting scientific exchange and discussing open questions in the research field of food and feed authentication using non-targeted methods. The exchangeability of data between laboratories, validation and standardisation of analytical methods and statistical models, as well as system challenges and quality assurance measures are among the key issues that require closer investigation and which will be addressed.
Stakeholder from academia, government and industry are welcome to join the symposium. Further information will be made available here:
http://www.bfr.bund.de/en/event/international_symposium_standardisation_of_non_targeted_methods_for_food_authentication-198363.html
Registration will open soon.
The Scottish Section of the Institute of Brewing & Distilling is delighted to host the Sixth Worldwide Distilled Spirits Conference (WDSC) at the Hilton Hotel in the centre of Glasgow from 29 May to 1 June 2017.
The origins of the event can be traced back to the Institute of Brewing Aviemore conferences, first held in the early 1980s. Since those small beginnings, the conference has expanded over the years to become the world’s leading gathering dedicated to distilled spirits.
The 2017 conference will be a forum for industry and academic experts, along with trade and commercial partners, to meet and exchange knowledge and the latest thinking on all aspects of distilling.
As such, the theme for the 2017 Conference is ‘Local roots; global reach: delivering distilling expertise to the world’.
The conference will deliver a thought-provoking programme of presentations and posters, an extensive trade exhibition, and novel social events and networking opportunities.
Keep an eye on the conference website for the latest news on our conference. We look forward to welcoming you to Glasgow.
The Seminar is being held at the Scotch Whisky Research Institute, Riccarton, Edinburgh, on Tuesday 26th May.
To know more details about the seminar, you can download the flyer clicking here.
Continuing the successful series of Rapid Methods Europe conferences, RME2015 takes place in Noorderwijkerhout, the Netherlands, 20-22 April 2015.
RME2015 is the 10th in a series of conferences dedicated to innovations and breakthroughs in microbiological and chemical analysis of food, feed and water. This series aims to further strengthen the academia-industry relations and to further disseminate advanced reserach towards practical applications in food, feed and water analysis. RME2015 presents new and cutting-edge technologies focusing on multitarget screening, lower detection limits, wider range of matrices and shorter time, with an eye toward looking for unknown compounds and moving tests out of the laboratory.
For more details, you can download the brochure here.
FoodIntegrity has a dedicated 3 hour session within the EU Science Global Challenges conference at the European parliament on 4 March 2015. The session which will be chaired by Jim Nicholson MEP, will present Food Integrity the concept and project and will feature a mixture of presentation, video, webinar and demonstration.
http://www.globalsciencecollaboration.org/ES:GC2%202015
PLEASE NOTE - ES:GC2 conference is postponed due to the yellow alert for security in the European Parliament. New dates for ES:GC2 conference will be announced in due course. If you have any questions about ES:GC2 conference, please contact Radhika Dhuru (radhika.dhuru@iscintelligence.com).
Representatives from government agencies, enforcement bodies, laboratories and industry feature in the programme which is designed to demonstrate the importance of measurement in the fight against fraud, and ensuring food authenticity and safety.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/beating-the-cheats-conference-programme-announced
29th - 30th October 2014 Barcelona, Spain
SELECTBIO’s inaugural Food Analysis Congress aims to present the latest developments in food analysis technologies, in response to the increasing demand for rapid and efficient food safety and quality testing.
Focus will be given to advances in both the analysis of natural food allergens and toxins, as well as contaminants introduced through processing and packaging. Points for discussion will also include the ongoing issue of food traceability and efforts to reduce food fraud. Attending this event will provide you with excellent opportunities for networking with like minded peers, helping you to find solutions and build collaborations.
Running alongside the conference will be an exhibition covering the latest technological advances and associated services from leading solution providers within this field. Registered delegates will also have access to the co-located Clinical Applications of Mass Spectrometry track, ensuring a cost effective trip.
http://selectbiosciences.com/conferences/index.aspx?conf=FAC2014
10th - 13th November 2014 Vienna, Austria
Ensuring food supply integrity is of the utmost importance in relation to food security, safety and
quality, consumer protection and international trade. Control measures throughout the entire food
production and supply chain are essential to mainta in and assure this integrity. The fundamental
purpose of the controls is to support food safety and quality, because both are essential and set the
foundation for food security and consumer protection as well as facilitating both domestic and
international trade.
http://www-pub.iaea.org/iaeameetings/46092/International-Symposium-on-Food-Safety-and-Quality-Applications-of-Nuclear-and-Related-Techniques
http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Meetings/PDFplus/2014/cn222/cn222_Flyer.pdf
5th November 2014
The Elliot Report is providing food for thought with a series of recommendations for government agencies and industry. A fundamental requirement will be to protect the consumer from food crime. This will be achieved through improvements to intelligence gathering, monitoring the traceability of food ingredients and improved food fraud detection methods. In an associated development, the BRC’s new Global Standard for Food Safety, to be implemented in 2015, will require the industry to adopt practices to minimize the risk of use of fraudulent or adulterated raw materials.
This seminar will focus on the latest developments in food authentication, particularly with respect to seafood, spirits, and plants. It will give delegates an increased awareness of potential food fraud issues and the advanced technologies that are helping to protect the consumer
http://www.campdenbri.co.uk/food-fraud-seminar.php
The technical conference for the distilled spirits industry
September 8th-11th, Glasgow, 2014
The Worldwide Distilled Spirit Conference 2014 will be held at the Hilton Hotel Glasgow
The overall theme of the Conference is “Future Challenges, New Solutions” featuring an innovative Conference Programme exploring the following themes:
Distilling Industry Resources - Competing for limited resources, guaranteeing the supply chain, maximising utilisation
Yeast and Fermentation - Meeting the demands of production and fermentation environments, optimising yeast performance
Distillation and Maturation - Introducing new technology, maximising yields
Energy - Moving to renewables, reducing energy in an energy-intensive process
Environmental Impact - Reducing the environmental demands of raw material production, processing and packaging
Consumer Perception - Combatting counterfeits, demonstrating quality, guaranteeing safety
Flavour Science - Maintaining consistency, developing new products and flavours to meet market demands
Concurrently, the exhibition will feature suppliers supporting the entire value chain from raw materials to packaging and distribution.
Come and exchange ideas and information with fellow delegates and exhibitors.
A number of sponsorship opportunities are available. For further information on sponsorship or to secure an exhibition stand please visit the website or contact sales@wdsc2014.org Please join our mailing list to receive regular conference updates. Visit our website for details!
www.wdsc2014.org
Monday 24th - Friday 28th February 2014
The week-long series of events on food authenticity marks the start of the €12M FoodIntegrity project. Funded by the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme, and comprising 38 international partners from industry, academia and government institutes, FoodIntegrity will address many of the post-horsemeat issues at a European level. As well as carrying out research on new methods and systems for authenticating food and ingredients, the project will work with stakeholders to better understand consumer behaviour, develop horizon scanning tools and systems for data sharing. An international network of expertise on food authenticity will be established. It will identify gaps and commission €3M worth of research requirements within the project to address emerging issues.
http://fera.co.uk/events/foodIntegrity2014/
