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EUROPE 2024
IAFP European Symposium
on Food Safety
30 April - 2 May 2024 * Geneva, Switzerland
IAFP's European Symposium on Food Safety took place 30 April -
2 May 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland, with 382 registered delegates
participating from 36 countries. IAFP was proud to be represented by
Tim Jackson, President, and Manpreet Singh, Vice President, along
with Association Past Presidents Stan Bailey and Gale Prince.
Presenting during the Opening Session were Michael Beer, Food
Safety and Veterinary Office, Bern, Switzerland, speaking on " New
Technologies in Food Safety: Heaven or Hell? " ; Francesco Branca,
WHO, Geneva, Switzerland, talking about " Reducing the Burden of
Foodborne Diseases: WHO Strategy and Action " ; and Tim Jackson,
discussing " From Outbreak to Prevention - Learning from Failures and
Near Misses. "
Tuesday's Opening Session began with a welcome to delegates from
Mariem Ellouze, Nestlé Research Center, Lausanne, Switzerland, and
Chair of the Organizing Committee. IAFP President Tim Jackson, U.S.
Food and Drug Administration, CFSAN, Santa Cruz, California, officially
opened the symposium and spoke about IAFP and its benefits. He
then introduced IAFP Vice President Manpreet Singh, University of
Georgia, Athens, who presented Leon Gorris, Food Safety Futures,
Nijmegen, The Netherlands, with the new IAFP Europe Food Safety
Award, sponsored by Novolyze. This award recognizes an active IAFP
Member from Europe for dedicated and exceptional contributions to
the profession of food safety in Europe. Also recognized were two
deserving recipients of the 2024 European Student Travel Scholarship:
Xiaodie Li, KU Leuven University, Leuven, Belgium; and Fotios Lytras,
University of Malta, Msida, Malta. This award is sponsored by the IAFP
Foundation. Janitha Liyanage, a 2020 Travel Award recipient, and
Joseph Wambui, a 2021 Student Travel Scholarship recipient, were
also in attendance and recognized for their food safety efforts.
Other speakers on Tuesday were Elien Alderweireldt, Ghent
University, Ghent, Belgium; Stephanie Bedhomme, CNRS, Montpellier,
Occitanie, France; Mirjana Andjelkovic, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium;
Breanna Duffy, New Harvest, Boston, Massachusetts; Mark Sturme,
Wageningen Food Safety Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands;
Hans Verhagen, Technical University Denmark/Ulerster University/
FSN Consultancy, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Maeli Melotto, University
of California - Davis, Davis, California; Adam Schikora, Julius Kuhn
Institute, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany; Shirley Micallef,
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland; Massimiliano Marvasi,
University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Vittorio Fattori, FAO, Rome,
Italy; Bernard Bottex, EFSA, Parma, Italy; and Nicola King, Institute of
Environmental Science and Research, Christchurch, New Zealand.
A few of Wednesday's speakers were Panagiotis Skandamis,
Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece; Charlotte Verbart,
Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority, Utrecht,
The Netherlands; Mădălina Lorena Medeleanu, University of
Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj, Romania; Patrick
Smeets, KWR Water Research Institute, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands;
Jeanne-Marie Membré, Oniris, INRAE, UMR SECALIM, Nantes, France;
Matthias Fischer, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment,
Berlin, Germany; and John Holah, Kersia Group, Bury, UK.
Seventeen symposia, two roundtables, and eight technical sessions,
along with the Closing Plenary Session, comprised the three-day program.
Poster presentations given throughout the meeting totaled 175.
Speakers on Thursday included Cecile Vadier, Barry-Callebaut France,
Louviers, France; Liesbeth Jacxsens, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium;
Anett Winkler, Cargill, Inc., Unterschleißheim, Germany; Sophie Tongyu
Wu, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, Lancashire, UK; John
Boyce, Cultivate SA, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Clare
Winkel, Integrity Compliance Solutions, Brisbane, Australia; Paola
Lopez, CULTIVATE SA and Instituto Nactional de Salud Publica de
Mexico, Cancun, Mexico; Clare Mills, University of Surrey, Guildford,
UK; Antonio Fernández Dumont, European Food Safety Authority,
Parma, Italy; and Sophie Roussel, ANSES, Maisons-Alfort, France.
The Closing Session featured Ludovica Verzegnassi, Nestlé, Lausanne,
Switzerland, speaking on " New Food Technologies: A Food Safety
Management Perspective " ; and Awilo Ochieng Pernet, Swiss Federal
Food Safety and Veterinary Office, Bern, Switzerland, presenting
" Consumer Health Protection, Food Security and Nutrition, Food
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