International Symposium on Food Safety and Control

Scientific Programme

Food authenticity and fighting food fraud

Track 1

• Methods and systems to support food authenticity and combat food fraud

• Isotopic and elemental analysis for food authenticity and verification of production and geographical origin

• Field-deployable methods to check food authenticity at the point of contact

• Promotion of food authenticity for food safety and to improve nutrition

Food and phytosanitary irradiation

Track 2

• Food irradiation to maintain and extend food quality, minimise pathogens in food and food packaging

• Phytosanitary applications of food irradiation to meet pest quarantine requirements

• Advances in machine source irradiation using electron beam and X rays including soft beam (keV) technologies

• Dosimetry and dose modelling for process control

Chemical residues and contaminants in food and feed

Track 3

• Detection and control of chemical residues and contaminants in food and feed to protect human and animal health

• Contributing to antimicrobial resistance knowledge and control through antimicrobial residue monitoring

• Building resilience to climate change - laboratory capability to identify and respond to changing contamination patterns

Preparing for and responding to emergencies and incidents affecting the food supply

Track 4

• Rapid, field-deployable screening tests for food contaminants

• Methodology to help trace contaminated products to origin

• Laboratory networks for fast response and communication

• Food irradiation for long-life emergency rations (for responders and those affected)

Detection and characterization of pathogens in food

Track 5

• Nuclear and related techniques for the detection of pathogens in food

• Contributing to antimicrobial resistance knowledge and control through the detection and characterization of antimicrobial resistant organisms

Standard setting and risk assessment

Track 6

Procedures and engagement with Codex Alimentarius

• Irradiation dosimetry and generic treatments

• Risk-based food safety and control

• Labs and networks using nuclear-related methods to meet food safety/quality equivalence standards for trade

One Health

Track 7

• Holistic approaches to human, animal and environmental health