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”
“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 perspective – Dr Eleonora Dupouy, Representative of Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, FAO
11:20 – 11:40
Legislative framework for healthy soils – Miljenko 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 life – Academician 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 food – Dr 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 safety – Prof 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 Croatia – Prof 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 practise – Davide Arcella, Officer in Evidence Management Unit, Risk Assessment and Scientific Assistance Directorate, EFSA
14:35 – 15:00
Risk ranking methodology – Prof 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
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 Croatia – dr 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 management – dr 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 bodies – Nataša 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 Croatia – Andrea 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 kitchens – Monika 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: arsenic – Dr 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 additives – Dr 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 Croatia – Dr 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 challenges – Davide 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 uses – Dr 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 application – Dr 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 risk – Shira Tabachnikoff, International Cooperation Adviser in Communications & External Relations Department, EFSA
13:20 – 13:40
EFSA Focal Point: role & activities – Dr Sanja Miloš, Senior Adviser in Department for Risk Assessment, HAH
13:40 – 14:00
Risk communication: challenges and new formats – Dr 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 diversity – Sara 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.