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The organisers of the Second MoniQA Symposium on Food Fraud Prevention and Effective Food Allergen Management, Vienna, Austria 7-8 June 2018, would like to invite you to submit your abstract for poster presentation or short oral presentation before 20 April 2018.
To maximize the impact of your work we are happy to announce that all abstracts will be published as "Open Access" Supplement in ISSN 1757-837X - the online edition of QAS – the International Journal of Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops & Foods (Wageningen Academic Publishing).
Submit your abstract! for poster or short oral presentation before 20 April 2018 at https://moniqa-vienna2018.meetinghand.com/en/616-abstracts
Register now! for the Second MoniQA International Symposium on Food Fraud Prevention and Effective Food Allergen Management, Vienna, Austria, 7-8 June 2018! https://moniqa-vienna2018.meetinghand.com/en/492-registration
Reserve your table top exhibition space! Only a limited number of spaces are available, spaces are granted on a first-come-first-served basis, sponsors will get preferred reservations https://moniqa-vienna2018.meetinghand.com/en/492-registration
Become a Sponsor! and support the symposium, enhance your visibility and brand awareness https://moniqa-vienna2018.meetinghand.com/en/501-sponsoring
From the content:
Food fraud undermines consumer confidence and threatens food safety. According to the 2016 US Pharmacopeial Convention, economically motivated adulteration (EMA) is a global economic problem and a public health issue. It is estimated to cost the industry $ 10-15 billion annually and up to 10% of the global food supply appear to be affected. Food fraud typically involves a wide range of intentional fraudulent activities, usually for economic reasons (addition of non-authentic substances or removal or replacement of authentic substances) or counterfeiting (production of substandard goods sold as premium brands).
An exciting programme with practical litigation cases, with strategies and methods for detecting and combating food fraud, are presented by renowned speakers from around the world. Join us in Vienna and meet the "Food Detectives" and get to know modern technologies that are looking for the "unknown" or learn about legal regulations and get practical advice for protecting your branded products, for correct food labeling food, and ultimately to maintain consumer trust. The symposium includes speakers from the United Nation's FAO/IAEA, IFS, LGC, USP, as well as industry representatives from Nestle, SQTS/MIGROS, and others, as well as from various law firms and food research institutions.
The Second International MoniQA Symposium on Food Fraud Prevention and Effective Food Allergen Management will address food authenticity, food fraud and the need for simple labeling as major drivers for both the food industry and companies involved in rapidly developing new analytical technologies. The symposium will provide ample space and time for poster viewing and discussion, as well as publication of the abstract, and including the abstract/poster in a best poster award competition.
Posters/abstracts addressing the following topics are welcome at the symposium:
Food Quality and Safety
Socio-Economics of Food Quality and Safety
Food Authenticity
Economic and Public Health Impacts
Food Integrity
"Free from" foods
Food Fraud
Gluten-Free
Food Analysis
Food Allergens
Food Databases
Food Quality Management
Reference Methods
Food Recalls
Reference Materials
Consumer Science
Non-Targeted Methods
Consumer Perception
Big Data
Pre-cautionary Labelling
Regulatory Issues
Risk Assessment & Risk Management
Food Law, Legislation
Consumer Held Analytical Devices
Brand Protection
Rapid Methods and Confirmatory Methods
Food Trade
Method Validation
Food Quality Labels
Expression of Analytical Results
Litigation
Innovation
Supplier Control
International Food Standards
Traceability and Blockchain
Please submit your abstract before 20 April 2018 to https://moniqa-vienna2018.meetinghand.com/en/616-abstracts to guarantee publication of your abstract and to reserve your presentation space. Please mind that at least one of the authors needs to register for the meeting. If you have any questions, please contact us directly at vienna [at] moniqa [dot] org.
Please follow the Guidelines for Abstract Submission https://moniqa-vienna2018.meetinghand.com/projectData/736/webData/General-guidelines-for-abstract-preparation.pdf
We warmly invite you to attend this meeting in Vienna, which brings together international experts in the fields of food authenticity and food allergens, as well as various food industries, SMEs, research institutions, associations and regulatory bodies, all having a different stake in food safety. This special mix of scientific and practical input to the symposium will be a valuable opportunity to grow your knowledge base, learn from practical experiences, and exchange ideas with peers. Vienna has earned an outstanding reputation as meeting destination and is ranked top every year in the statistics kept by the International Congress & Convention Association. The central location of Vienna in the heart of Europe is beneficial to all delegates who are able to reach Vienna easily with direct flights from any European capital as well as from many other cities worldwide.
We hope to see you in Vienna in June 2018!
Dr. Richard Cantrill
President, Canada
Dr. Roland Poms
Secretary General, Austria
The next MoniQA Task Force Meeting on Food Authenticity will be an open meeting to all interested stakeholders participating at the MoniQA Symposium in Vienna, Austria, 7-8 June 2018. The meeting is scheduled just prior to the 2nd International MoniQA Symposium on Food Fraud Prevention and Effective Food Allergen Management in Vienna, Austria, 7-8 June 2018 http://vienna2018.moniqa.org/ and in parallel to the MoniQA Food Authenticity Task Force Meeting. For your convenience the pre-conference workshops/task force meetings will be held in conference venue, the Pyramide Hotel in Vösendorf-Vienna.
Agenda items include
Please mind that an email registration to moniqa [at] moniqa [dot] org is required to attend the meeting. Participation in the pre-conference workshops/task force meetings is free for MoniQA Members, Task Force Members and registered participants of the conference, all others are asked to contribute a € 25.- expense contribution.
The next MoniQA Task Force Meeting on Food Allergen Reference Materials will be an open meeting to all interested stakeholders participating at the MoniQA Symposium in Vienna, Austria, 7-8 June 2018. The meeting is scheduled just prior to the 2nd International MoniQA Symposium on Food Fraud Prevention and Effective Food Allergen Management in Vienna, Austria, 7-8 June 2018 http://vienna2018.moniqa.org/ and in parallel to the MoniQA Food Authenticity Task Force Meeting. For your convenience the pre-conference workshops/task force meetings will be held in conference venue, the Pyramide Hotel in Vösendorf-Vienna.
Agenda items include
Please mind that an email registration to moniqa [at] moniqa [dot] org is required to attend the meeting. Participation in the pre-conference workshops/task force meetings is free for MoniQA Members, Task Force Members and registered participants of the conference, all others are asked to contribute a € 25.- expense contribution.
The first validated Reference Materials for Food Allergen Analysis are now available and can be ordered from MoniQA Association. The first set of materials includes testing materials for milk allergen analysis comprising a Positive Control (SMP-MQA 092014, characterized dried skim milk powder, validated protein content), Negative Control (BLANK-MQA 082015, based on a gluten free cookie), and 2 Incurred Materials: LOW-MQA 102016 (SMP incurred in gluten free cookies, milled, concentration approx. 3.54 mg/kg milk protein, validated) and HIGH-MQA 082016 (SMP incurred in gluten free cookies, milled, concentration approx. 17.7 mg/kg milk protein, validated).
The materials were produced by Trilogy Laboratories USA (MoniQA Member since 2013) and have been commercially available starting 01 January 2017 through MoniQA Association. All materials come with a data sheet and a reference certificate to the analytical results, a measurement uncertainty and validation information. The materials come in 5 g pouches (air tight sealed) and they are sold through MoniQA’s online shop: http://shop.moniqa.org/order-form or through MoniQA’s authorized distributors:
The design and production of these materials was in response to the urgent need for reference materials expressed by the food industry and food analytical laboratories, as well as providers of food allergen test kits and other methodologies, and national authorities. An international initiative (since 2013) led by MoniQA Association discussed and agreed upon the requirements for food allergen reference materials. For this purpose, MoniQA has liaised with the EU funded project iFAAM, the Prolamin Working Group, Health Canada, FARRP, Australia’s Allergen Bureau (Vital), and others. The initial group of 15 experts from the global analytical community grew over time to a group of some 50 institutions contributing to the design of the materials and giving scientific and technological input during the testing and production phase of the materials.
The ISEKI-Food Association (European Association for Integrating Food Science and Engineering Knowledge Into the Food Chain) and the University of Hohenheim are organising the 5th International ISEKI_Food Conference (ISEKI_Food 2018) to be held in Stuttgart, University of Hohenheim, Germany, 3 - 5 July 2018.
This 5th edition has as its driving topic “The Food System Approach – New Challenges for Education, Research and Industry“. A modern approach to face the societal, climate and nutritional challenges, impairing food security and the global sustainability of the food chain, has to consider all activities related to food production, processing, packaging, distribution, preparation and consumption.
Several poster awards are waiting for you as well as some very interesting workshops to attend like the PhD workshop, the Food Waste Recovery Workshop and some free workshops.
Submit your abstracts and meet the ISEKI-network in Stuttgart!
For more information visit the conference website.
We look forward to welcoming you in Stuttgart!
Susanne Braun, Gerhard Schleining (chairs of the Organizing Committee)
Paola Pittia, Cristina L.M. Silva (chairs of the Scientific Committee)
Rui Costa (chair of the Industry Advisory Committee)
Anita Habershuber (Conference Secretariat)
Some 35 people attended the workshop on Innovative Food Allergen Management and Risk Assessment, on 21 February 2018 (Bologna, Via Fanin 44), co-organised by Hylobates and MoniQA Association. We would like to thank all the speakers for their excellent contributions and the interesting interactions with all the participants. We also thank the sponsors R-Biopharm Italy-Germany (Platinum), Romer Labs Italy-Austria (Gold), and Tecna Italy (Bronze). The workshop was held in Italian and partly in English and offered the participants an update on innovative food allergen management by international experts and up-to-date information on new risk assessment data and its implication for consumers, industry and testing laboratories.
We appreciated sponsorships from:
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| Platinum Sponsor R-Biopharm | Gold Sponsor Romer Labs | Sponsor Tecna |
MSc Chemical Food Safety and Integrity - A part-time MSc in Chemical Food Safety and Integrity is a largely distance learning course aimed at aspiring factory or company quality managers who want to develop the knowledge, techniques and skills needed to deliver safe food products. It includes the following units:
Dates: The next start date for this course is September 2018.
Fees:
MSc (part-time distance learning)
PGCert (part-time distance learning)
PGDip (part-time distance learning)
Each unit taken as credit bearing CPD (not yet set but were as follows for 2017): £4,000
Each unit taken without credits/assessment: £3,000
For more information please download the pdf below or follow the link
The unit will next run in June/July/August 2018 including a residential week of face-to-face teaching in Manchester from the 9th-13th July 2018. The course is run at the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology with elements also hosted by Waters Corporation (Wilmslow).
For more information please contact Dr Chiara Nitride: chiara [dot] nitride [at] manchester [dot] ac [dot] uk
To register for the short course please visit https://estore.manchester.ac.uk/short-courses/faculty-of-biology-medicine-and-health/school-of-biological-sciences
For the credit bearing option please register at: https://www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/study/cpd/courses/food-allergen-analysis-and-management-cpd-unit/).
Following the end of iFAAM – the EU funded collaborative research project on "Integrated Approaches to Food Allergy and Food Allergen Management", ILSI Europe is organizing a symposium 18-20 April 2018, in Madrid, Spain. This symposium will provide an ideal forum to disseminate the evidence, knowledge and tools developed in the iFAAM project to stakeholders and actors involved in food allergen and food allergy management globally. The symposium will also identify key activities required for further implementation.
Themes addressed will include:
Save the date and be part of this forum to address current and future challenges in food allergy and food allergen management.
The MoniQA Association is consortium partner of iFAAM and supports the international efforts to make precautionary food allergen labeling more transparent for consumers and to provide a sustainable online toolbox for allergen management along the food supply chain.
Sign up for Membership in MoniQA today and start benefiting from the association’s international network and a variety of activities and services: www.moniqa.org/about/association. To date more than 40 institutions from some 20 countries from 5 continents are members of the association and some 8000 professionals from over 80 countries are linked to the association’s activities, providing a global network which has established an efficient and effective collaboration culture. Membership is open to institutions involved in food safety http://www.moniqa.org/membership/signup.
MoniQA has a special offer for consultants and for micro-companies! A special membership category was initiated in 2016 to better meet the needs of small companies (one-man-company, consultants, company with max. 2 employees). Micro-companies can enjoy the full suite of benefits of a regular membership in MoniQA at half price (500.- € per year) including all services listed at http://www.moniqa.org/membership/signup.
The MoniQA Association undertakes research, coordinates and manages various working groups in areas such as food authenticity, food allergens, chemical and processing contaminants, mycotoxins, and microbiological contaminants. MoniQA Association is a publisher of harmonized protocols, new methods and food safety research results. MoniQA’s training programme includes workshops and courses, eLearning and webinars. MoniQA Association provides validated information, databases and on-line tools, training and continuous professional development, and a network of highly qualified institutions dealing with food safety research and assessment. The partners have successfully worked together on method validation studies, ring trials and proficiency tests, production of reference materials and advising CEN and ISO and the European Commission in food safety issues. Since 2008 MoniQA has been the official organiser of the technical training session for the delegates of the yearly meeting of the joint FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Committee on Methods and Sampling. Additionally, MoniQA provides robust policy support and socio-economic impact assessments. MoniQA has contributed to several high-level events, such as the World Expo in Shanghai (2010) and in Milan (2015). MoniQA has a very effective and efficient dissemination network (not least with other EU projects).
ILSI Symposium – Frontiers in Food Allergy and Allergen Risk Assessment and Management
Madrid, Spain
18-20 April 2018
30th IAM - Inter Agency Meeting
Budapest, Hungary
05 May 2018
10th Food Allergen Methodologies Workshop
Toronto, Canada
07-09 May 2018
2nd MoniQA Symposium on Food Fraud Prevention and Effective Food Allergen Management
Vienna, Austria
07-08 June 2018
5th International ISEKI_Food Conference 2018
Stuttgart, Germany
03-05 July 2018
PG Credit Food Allergen Analysis and Management (CPD)
Manchester, UK
09-13 July 2018
Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting and Food Expo
Chicago, USA
15-18 July 2018
132nd AOAC Annual Meeting & Exposition
Toronto, Canada
26-29 August 2018
32nd Meeting of the Working Group on Prolamin Analysis and Toxicity
Ayr, Scotland, UK
27-29 September 2018
2nd Black Sea Association of Food Science and Technology - B-FoST Congress
Yerevan, Armenia
15-17 October 2018
2018 AACC International Annual Meeting
London, UK
21-23 October 2018
19th World Congress of Food Science and Technology
Vashi, Mumbai, India
23–27 October 2018
12th Conference RME 2018
Amsterdam, Netherlands
05–07 November 2018
32nd EFFoST International Conference
Nantes, France
06-08 November 2018
On 5 February 2018 the election of MoniQA Supervisory Board 2018 was closed. We thank the elected officials for their support and leadership in MoniQA:
President:
Richard Cantrill, Canada (2018)
Vice President:
Bert Popping, Germany (2018)
Elected Supervisory Board (SB) Members:
Richard Cantrill, USP/MoniQA/IND, Canada (2018-2020)
Bert Popping, FOCOS, Germany (2018-2020)
Thomas Gude, SQTS/MIGROS Switzerland (2018-2020)
Linda Monaci, ISPA-CNR, Italy (2016-2018)
Sabine Baumgartner, BOKU, Austria (2017-2019)
Scientific Advisory Panel:
Sigrid Haas-Lauterbach, R-Biopharm, Germany (2017-2018)
Paul Dewsbury, Thermo Fisher, United Kingdom (2017-2018)
Samuel Godefroy, Laval University, Canada (2017-2018)
We thank Marina Carcea, CREA, Italy, and Paul Finglas, QUADRAM, United Kingdom, for their support and service in the MoniQA Supervisory Board in the past years.
Association Auditors:
Carmen Diaz, FOCOS, Germany (2017-2018)
Gerhard Schleining, BOKU, Austria (2017-2018)
MoniQA eNewsAlerts and Newsletters are published by MoniQA Association quarterly and additional issues may be distributed based on demand. Traditionally the eNewsAlerts are written by the Secretary General. MoniQA’s eNewsAlerts reach close to 9000 contacts in over 85 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, Americas and Australia-New-Zealand. As international and interdisciplinary network of professionals from institutions working in food research, regulatory bodies and trade, MoniQA aims at providing solutions to promote a safer and secure food supply worldwide. MoniQA facilitates international research collaborations to enable services and products for food safety & quality assurance. MoniQA contributes to the development and validation of analytical methods, provides training and continuous professional development (CPD), consultancy and socio-economic impact assessment.
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