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1st Croatian Food Safety Risk Assessment Conference

6 – 7 October 2015
Faculty of Agriculture in Osijek (Kralja Petra Svačića street 1d)

Preliminary program

DAY 1, 6th October, Tuesday
09:00 – 10:00
Registration of participants
10:00 – 10:30
Opening words
  • National Anthem, Vocal Ensamble Lipa
  • Andrea Gross Bošković, Director of Croatian Food Agency (HAH)
  • Prof dr Vlado Guberac, Dean of Faculty of Agriculture in Osijek
  • Prof dr Mirjana Hruškar, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb
  • M Sc Denis Ambruš, Deputy Mayor of City of Osijek
  • Dr Željko Kraljičak, Deputy County Perfect of the OsijekBaranja County
  • Dr Eleonora Dupouy, Representative of Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, FAO
  • Dr Bernhard Url, Executive Director of European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
  • Nataša Zorić, Assistant Minister, Department for Improvement of Health, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Croatia
  • Tihomir Jakovina, Minister of Agriculture of Republic of Croatia
  • Vocal Ensamble Lipa
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee/Tea break + Press statements
11:00 – 13:00
Session 1 – Marking of World Food Day 2015 & International Year of Soils
“Let’s heal the soils, let’s feed the World”
Chair: Vlatka Buzjak Služek, Expert Associate in Department for Risk Assessment, HAH
11:00 – 11:20
Policies and good practices for sustainable soils’ health and food safety: FAO perspectiveDr Eleonora Dupouy, Representative of Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, FAO
11:20 – 11:40
Legislative framework for healthy soilsMiljenko Rakić, Head of Sector for Agriculture and Food Industry, Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Croatia
11:40 – 12:00
Healthy soil for a healthy lifeAcademician Ferdo Bašić, prof emeritus, Department of Natural Sciences, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
12:00 – 12:20
Impact of soil on production of safe foodDr Miranda Šeput, Senior Expert Adviser in Department for Monitoring of Agricultural Land, Agricultural Land Agency, Croatia
12:20 – 12:40
The soil as a source of risk and medium for protection of food safetyProf dr Ivica Kisić, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb
12:40 – 13:00
TThe essential and harmful heavy metals and metalloids in soils and agricultural products of eastern CroatiaProf dr Zdenko Lončarić, Faculty of Agriculture in Osijek
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 17:00
Session 2 – Risk Assessment Overview: EFSA, MS countries, HR
14:00 – 14:10
Opening and introduction to the conference – Prof dr Mirjana Hruškar, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Croatia, Chair of the conference
14:10 – 14:35
Risk assessment workflow in EFSA: how it work in practiseDavide Arcella, Officer in Evidence Management Unit, Risk Assessment and Scientific Assistance Directorate, EFSA
14:35 – 15:00
Risk ranking methodologyProf dr Leif Busk, Scientific Adviser at National Food Agency (NFA), Sweden, EFSA Advisory Forum member
15:00 – 15:25
International food safety: perceived versus real risks  Dr Gaby-Fleur Böl, Head
of Department Risk Communication, Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Germany
15:25 – 15:50
Better cooperation and networking for safer food in Slovenia and Croatiadr Ada Hočevar Grom, Deputy Director of Institute of Public Health (NIJZ), Slovenia, EFSA Advisory Forum member
15:50 – 16:10
The role of risk assessment: perspective of risk managementdr Mirjana Mataušić Pišl, Assistant Minister, Directorate for Veterinary and Food Safety, Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Croatia
16:10 – 16:30
Risk assessment – an important tool in the work of inspection bodiesNataša Zorić, Assistant Minister, Department for Improvement of Health, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Croatia
16:35 – 16:50
The review of the results of risk assessment in CroatiaAndrea Gross-Bošković, Director of HAH
16:50 – 17:00
Discussion and conclusions
20:00
Gala dinner at restaurant Galija
DAY 2, 7th October, Wednesday
09:00 – 11:00
Session 3 – Microbiological and Chemical Risk Assessment
Chair: Prof dr Lidija Kozačinski, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia
09:00 – 09:20
An exposure model on Campylobacter concerning cross contamination in Austrian private kitchensMonika Matt, Senior expert in Data, Statistics and Integrative Risk Assessment Department, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES)
09:20 – 09:40
Risk assessment: EFSA opinion on public health risk related to the consumption of raw drinking milk – Dr Michaela Hempen,Dr Michaela Hempen, Scientific Officer in Unit on Biological Hazards and Contaminants, Risk Assessment and Scientific Assistance Department, EFSA
09:40 – 10:00
Risk assessment: arsenicDr Max Hansen, Senior Advisor in Department of Risk Assessment and Nutrition, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
10:00 – 10:20
Risk assessment: food additivesDr Mária Szeitzné-Szabó, Laszlo Meszaros, Directorate for Food Safety Risk Assessment, National Food Chain Safety Office (NEBIH), Hungary
10:20 – 10:40
Risk assessment: milk and traditional dairy products in CroatiaDr Brigita Hengl, Senior Expert Adviser in Department for Risk Assessment, HAH
10:40 – 11:00
Discussion and conclusions
11,00 – 11,30
Coffee/Tea break
11:00 – 13:00
Session 4 – Food consumption
Chair: Prof dr Irena Colić Barić, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Croatia
11:30 – 11:50
European food consumption data: achievements made so far and future challengesDavide Arcella, Officer in Evidence Management Unit, Risk Assessment and Scientific Assistance Directorate, EFSA
11:50 – 12:10
The Irish national food consumption surveys: application and usesDr Breige McNulty, Research fellow at UCD Institute of Food and Health, Ireland
12:10 – 12:30
A review of survey on food consumption in Croatia, and its applicationDr Darja Sokolić, Head of Department for Data Management and Nutrition, HAH
12:30 – 13:00
Discussion and conclusions
13:00 – 14:30
Session 5 – Risk Communication
Chair: Sara Mikrut Vunjak, Senior Expert Adviser for Communication and PR, Head Office, HAH
13:00 – 13:20
EFSA: How we communicate about riskShira Tabachnikoff, International Cooperation Adviser in Communications & External Relations Department, EFSA
13:20 – 13:40
EFSA Focal Point: role & activitiesDr Sanja Miloš, Senior Adviser in Department for Risk Assessment, HAH
13:40 – 14:00
Risk communication: challenges and new formatsDr Suzan Fiack, Head of the Unit Press and Public Relations, Department Risk Communication, Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Germany
14:00 – 14:20
Risk communication – consumers: united in diversitySara Mikrut Vunjak, Senior Expert Adviser for Communication and PR, Head Office, HAH
14:20 – 14:30
Discussion and conclusions
14:30 – 15:00
Conclusions and closure of the conference – Prof dr Mirjana Hruškar, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Croatia, Chair of the conference
15:00
Lunch
Conference programme is available to download here.