Second MONIQA Conference - 'Emerging and persistent food hazards: analytical challenges and socio-economic impact', Krakow, Poland
8 June 2010 - 8 June 2010
Poland
The Second MONIQA Conference - 'Emerging and persistent food hazards: analytical challenges and socio-economic impact' will be held from 8 to 10 June 2010 in Krakow, Poland.
The conference will set out the state-of-the-art on managing emerging and persistent food hazards and related analytical challenges and socio-economic impact that are connected with this issue.
In particular the event will provide an in-depth look at the following thematic areas:
- food safety standards,
- mycotoxins/phycotoxins,
- food allergens,
- food authenticity and traceability,
- chemical contaminants,
- microbiological contaminants,
- food additives and processing toxicants,
- emerging food hazards,
- novel analytical technologies.
Participants are expected to include food quality and safety scientists and trainers, food safety managers from industry, academia and regulatory bodies as well as representatives from food manufacturers, retailers, providers of rapid and high throughput analytical methods and instruments.
The conference will also feature results from the EU-funded projects Bio Cop ('New technologies to screen multiple chemical contaminants in food') and Conffidence ('Contaminants in food and feed: inexpensive detection for control of exposure').
('Contaminants in food and feed: inexpensive detection for control of exposure')
MONIQA ('Monitoring and quality assurance in the food supply chain') is an EU-funded Network of Excellence aiming to make food safer by harmonising worldwide food quality and safety monitoring and control strategies.For further information, please visit:
http://krakow.moniqa.org/(opens in new window)
The conference will set out the state-of-the-art on managing emerging and persistent food hazards and related analytical challenges and socio-economic impact that are connected with this issue.
In particular the event will provide an in-depth look at the following thematic areas:
- food safety standards,
- mycotoxins/phycotoxins,
- food allergens,
- food authenticity and traceability,
- chemical contaminants,
- microbiological contaminants,
- food additives and processing toxicants,
- emerging food hazards,
- novel analytical technologies.
Participants are expected to include food quality and safety scientists and trainers, food safety managers from industry, academia and regulatory bodies as well as representatives from food manufacturers, retailers, providers of rapid and high throughput analytical methods and instruments.
The conference will also feature results from the EU-funded projects Bio Cop ('New technologies to screen multiple chemical contaminants in food') and Conffidence ('Contaminants in food and feed: inexpensive detection for control of exposure').
('Contaminants in food and feed: inexpensive detection for control of exposure')
MONIQA ('Monitoring and quality assurance in the food supply chain') is an EU-funded Network of Excellence aiming to make food safer by harmonising worldwide food quality and safety monitoring and control strategies.For further information, please visit:
http://krakow.moniqa.org/(opens in new window)