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ITS Food 2024
Programme
Experts from BVL and its partner institutions will share their knowledge in five interesting sessions around residues and contaminants in food.
Find out below the differences between residues and contaminants and check out the programme!
Difference betweet Residues and Contaminants
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Check out the preview of the topics we will be covering at ITS Food 2024 below!
PROGRAMME DAY 1
| Monday 26.02.2024 | Monday 04.03.2024 | Introduction Chair Martine Püster, Head of International Affairs Unit, Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) CV |
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| 08:00–08:10 | 16:00–16:10 | Welcometo ITS Food 2024! Welcome to BVL! Friedel Cramer, President of BVL |
| 08:10–08:15 | 16:10–16:15 | Opening remarks Niklas Schulze Icking, Head of Unit International Organisations of Food and Agriculture; Codex Alimentarius, Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, BMEL |
| 08:15–08:30 | 16:20–16:30 | Approach and organisation of ITS Food Chair |
| 08:30–08:40 | 16:30–16:40 | Warm-up: Farm to Fork strategy Isabelle Rollier, Unit Farm to Fork, Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE), European Commission (EC) CV + Abstract |
| 08:40-09:00 | 16:40-17:00 | Basics: legal and institutional background of food safety in Germany and Europe Niklas Schulze Icking, Head of Unit International Organisations of Food and Agriculture; Codex Alimentarius, BMEL CV + Abstract |
| 09:00-09:10 | 17:00-17:10 | Keynotevideo: Tasks of BVL around residues and contaminants Friedel Cramer, President of BVL Infographic |
| 09:10-09:25 | 17:10-17:25 | Break |
| Monday 26.02.2024 | Monday 04.03.2024 | Tools of risk management in official controls Chair Andrea Luger, Head of Department Food Safety, BVL CV |
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| 09:25-09:55 | 17:25-17:55 | National Residue Control Plan – a programme for risk based official controls Andrea Reschke, Unit Food Hygiene, Inspections and Veterinary Affairs, BVL CV + Abstract |
| 09:55-10:25 | 17:55-18:25 | German Representative Monitoring Programme on undesired substances Hannes Harms, Unit Monitoring Strategy and Coordination, BVL CV + Abstract |
| 10:25-10:35 | 18:25-18:35 | Q&A session |
| 10:35-10:50 | 18:35-18:50 | Break |
| 10:50-11:20 | 18:50-19:20 | Increased import controls of food of non-animal origin Doris Gerlach, Border Control Post Frankfurt Airport CV + Abstract |
| 11:20-11:50 | 19:20-19:50 | INFOSAN as a risk management tool Stefan Laacke, Unit Alert and Information Systems, BVL CV + Abstract |
| 11:50-12:00 | 19:50-20:00 | Q&A session |
PROGRAMME DAY 2
| Tuesday 27.02.2024 | Tuesday 05.03.2024 | Managing pesticide residues Chair Karsten Hohgardt, Head of Unit Health, BVL CV |
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| 08:00–08:15 | 16:00–16:15 | Authorisation procedures for active substance and Plant protection products in EU and Germany Gordon Cameron, Unit Efficacy, Head of Section for Fungicides and Insecticides, BVL CV + Abstract |
| 08:15–08:35 | 16:15–16:35 | Legal framework for the setting of MRLs for Pesticides in the EU Romy Heintze, Unit Health, Herbicides and Maximum Residue Levels, BVL CV + Abstract |
| 08:35–09:00 | 16:35–17:00 | Import tolerances and Codex MRLs Marina Rusch, Unit Health, Head of Section for Herbicides and Maximum Residue Levels, BVL CV + Abstract |
| 09:00–09:20 | 17:00–17:20 | Q&A session |
| 09:20-09:35 | 17:20-17:35 | Break |
| 09:35-10:25 | 17:35-18:25 | Exercise on import tolerances Chair |
| 10:25-10:55 | 18:25-18:55 | Risk assessment of pesticide residues and tools of exposure estimation Anke Richter, Unit Residues and Analytical methods, BfR CV + Abstract |
| 10:55-11:10 | 18:55-19:10 | Break |
| 11:10-11:40 | 19:10-19:40 | Control programmes on pesticide residues in food Anne Katrin Pietrzyk, Unit Monitoring Strategy and Coordination, BVL CV + Abstract |
| 11:40-12:00 | 19:40-20:00 | Q&A session |
PROGRAMME DAY 3
| Wednesday 28.02.2024 | Wednesday 06.03.2024 | Emerging contaminants and their risk management Chair Annette Rexroth, Unit Residues and contaminants in foodstuffs, food contact materials and articles, BMEL CV |
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| 08:00–08:30 | 16:00–16:30 | EU Legal framework for contaminants and types of contaminants Frans Verstraete, Department Food Safety, Sustainability and Innovation, DG SANTE, EC CV + Abstract |
| 08:30–09:00 | 16:30–17:00 | Mycotoxins - toxic secondary metabolites of fungi in food, hazards and avoidance strategies Markus Schmidt-Heydt, Department of Safety and Quality of Fruit and Vegetables, Federal Research Institute of Nutrition and Food (MRI) CV + Abstract |
| 09:00-09:15 | 17:00-17:15 | Break |
| 09:15-09:45 | 17:15-17:45 | Ergot alkaloids in cereals and possible consequences for regulations and recommendations Dorothea Link, Department of Safety and Quality of Cereals, MRI CV + Abstract |
| 09:45-10:00 | 17:45–18:00 | Q&A session |
| 10:00-10:30 | 18:00-18:30 | Management of industrial contaminants and critical points in production Christophe Goldbeck, Head of Team LC-MS and Mineral Oils, Chemical and Veterinary Investigation Office Münsterland-Emscher-Lippe, North-Rhine Westphalia CV + Abstract |
| 10:30-10:45 | 18:30-18:45 | Break |
| 10:45-11:15 | 18:45-19:15 | Risk management of environmental contaminants in food: for-ever chemicals PFAS Birgit Wobst, Division Environment and Health, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection CV + Abstract |
| 11:15-11:45 | 19:15-19:45 | Histamine in fish – an indicator for fresh fish and its analysis Daniel Melles, Institute for Fish and Fishery Products, State Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety, Lower Saxony CV + Abstract |
| 11:45-12:00 | 19:45-20:00 | Q&A session |
PROGRAMME DAY 4
| Thursday 29.02.2024 | Thursday 07.03.2024 | Around the lab Chair Rudolf Hackenberg, Head of Unit National Reference Laboratories for Pesticides, Process Contaminants, Metals and Nitrogen Compounds, BVL CV |
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| 08:00–08:15 | 16:00–16:15 | Introduction incl. EURL/NRL network Chair |
| 08:15–08:40 | 16:15–16:40 | Method validation and analytical quality control in pesticide residues analysis Laura Kutzner, NRL for Pesticide Residues, BVL CV + Abstract |
| 08:40-08:50 | 16:40-16:50 | Virtual lab round tour: pesticide residues Ada Möller and the team of the NRL for Pesticide Residues, BVL Abstract |
| 08:50-09:05 | 16:50-17:05 | Q&A session |
| 09:05-09:20 | 17:05-17:20 | Break |
| 09:20–09:45 | 17:20-17:45 | Analysis of mycotoxins and plant toxins in food and feed Stefan Weigel, NRL for Mycotoxins and Plant Toxins in Feed and Food, BfR |
| 09:45-10:00 | 17:45-18:00 | Virtual lab round tour: agricultural contaminants Mareen Smuda and Alicia Eggen, Department of plant-based foods, Area of mycotoxins and plant toxins, State Office for Consumer Protection, Saxony-Anhalt Abstract |
| 10:00-10:15 | 18:00-18:15 | Q&A session |
| 10:15-10:30 | 18:15-18:30 | Break |
| 10:30–10:55 | 18:30-18:55 | Proficiency tests as a tool of risk management – an example from the field of processing contaminants Martin Kaminski, NRL Process Contaminants, BVL CV + Abstract |
| 10:55-11:05 | 18:55-19:05 | Virtual lab round tour: production and characterisation of proficiency test materials Martin Kaminski and the team of the NRL for Process Contaminants, BVL Abstract |
| 11:05-11:20 | 19:05-19:20 | Q&A session |
| Thursday 29.02.2024 | Thursday 07.03.2024 | Conclusion Chair Martine Püster, Head of International Affairs Unit, Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) |
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| 11:20-11:50 | 19:20-19:50 | Discussion and exchange of experience Chair |
| 11:50-12:00 | 19:50-20:00 | Wrap-up and closing remarks Friedel Cramer, President of BVL |
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ITS Food 2024: Programme
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