Session 3 | Existing and emerging contaminants - Food Safety Solutions

Thursday 22nd April, 2010 - Morning session

A review of current food safety issues and those on the horizon. What analytical developments are in the pipeline to provide tomorrow’s solutions?

Chair: Bert PÖPPING, Director Molecular Biology & Immunology, Eurofins Scientific Group, Germany

	09:00 *Process Induced Food Contaminants: progress in mitigation and challenges ahead* Richard STADLER Nestlé Product Technology Centre, Orbe, Switzerland Head of the Quality Management Department Biography & Abstract
	09:30 Metabolomic based on liquid chromatography coupled to high resolution mass spectrometry as new investigation tool for assessing and characterising endocrine disruption situations Jean-Philippe ANTIGNAC LABERCA, ENVN (Veterinary School), Nantes, France Research Engineer Biography & Abstract
	10:00 *Alkaloids in food and feed: an emerging issue?* Hans VAN EGMOND RIKILT Institute for Food Safety, Wageningen, The Netherlands Senior Scientist Biography & Abstract
	10:30 Sponsor presentation - High resolution mass spectrometry in the analysis of residues and contaminants in food: screening or quantification? Or both? Michal GODULA Thermo Scientific, Czech Republic
	10:40 Coffee break
	11:00 Sponsor presentation - Food Allergens - From the industry point of view Richard FIELDER Romer Labs Diagnostic GmbH, Germany
	11:10 Mineral oil contaminated food: sources and analysis Maurus BIEDERMANN Official Food Control Authority of the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland Research Analyst Biography & Abstract
	11:40 *Summary of the outputs of the SAFEED-PAP project aiming to develop methods for the detection and quantification of presence of species-specific processed animal proteins in animal feed* Vincent BAETEN Quality of Agricultural Products Department, Walloon Agricultural Research Centre - CRA-W, Gembloux, Belgium Head of the spectrometry section, CRL-AP director, SAFEED-PAP coordinator Biography & Abstract
	12:10 *Rapid and advanced methods for native and masked mycotoxins analysis in food and agricultural commodities: the Food Industry point of view* Michele SUMAN Barilla Central Research Laboratories, Italy Food Chemistry & Safety Sector Responsible Biography & Abstract