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| | Program conference ‘Ensuring the safety of animal feed’, Friday 12 december 2003 | |
| | Chair: Prof. Dr. Jan Van Hoof, Ghent University | |
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| | 9.30-10.00 | Registration and coffee | |
| | 10.00-10.10 | Opening address by the Chairman | |
| | 10.10-10.40 | Feed and the human food chain: what are the main concerns
Dr. Piet Vanthemsche, FAVV, Belgium | |
| | | - What are the risks?
- Relationship animal feed/human food
- Safety systems in use and their functioning
- State of the art in Belgium | |
| | 10.40-11.10 | Feed in relation to animal health and welfare and environmental protection
Dr. Brian Cooke, UK | |
| | | - The use of medicines/zootechnical products
- Nutrient requirements and legislation
- Trace element supply
- Animal welfare/environmental pollution
- The EU Feed Hygiene Regulation | |
| | 11.10-11.40 | Coffee/tea | |
| | 11.40-12.10 | A general framework for safe feed production based on the Codex Alimentarius approach
Dr. S. Notermans, TNO, The Netherlands | |
| | | - The Codex Alimentarius approach
- From food safety objectives to feed safety objectives
- Good animal health practice, etc. | |
| | 12.10-12.40 | Present status and future requirements for decontamination / detoxification of feed materials
Dr. Catherine Cadiou, Socofag, France | |
| | | - What are the current options?
- What are the research needs?
- How to deal with zero-tolerance?
- Prevention or detoxification | |
| | 12.40-14.00 | Lunch | |
| | 14.00-14.30 | Transmission of toxic substances: use of predictive modelling and risk assessment
Dr. Geert Houben, TNO, The Netherlands | |
| | | - The risk assessment approach
- Residu transfer
- Databank of TNO on transfer factors
- A case study | |
| | 14.30-15.00 | The importance of risk communication: gaining consumer trust in the food chain
Prof. Dr. Lyn Frewer, WUR,The Netherlands | |
| | | - Risk communication and consumer trust
- BSE and dioxins - what went wrong
- Principles of effective crisis communication | |
| | 15.00-15.30 | Coffee/tea | |
| | 15.30-16.00 | Turning theory into practice
Prof. Dr. Leo den Hartog, WUR | |
| | | - What do we like to achieve?
- How do we introduce risk analysis and communication?
- What are the weak points?
- The strength of traceability | |
| | 16.00-16.30 | Need for further research
Chairman Prof. Dr. Jan Van Hoof | |
| | 16.30-17.00 | Drinks | |
| | 17.00-.... | Closing dinner | |