NFRI International Symposium on Food Safety2003

DATE:November 6th - 7th, 2003
PLACE:Tsukuba International Convention Center (EPOCAL TSUKUBA), Tsukuba, Japan
OBJECTIVE: National Food Research Institute is going to research a microorganism management system for food safety in cooperation with four (USA, UK, GERMANY, FRANCE) international research groups at organizations which are active in related fields. This project will contribute to the development of a microorganism management system and help to establish the food safety standard in Japan and also international food safety standards.

This project has a five-year duration, from 1999 through 2003 with funding from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), Japan. In this symposium, the results of four subject joined with foreign research activities (introduce below) in this project will be announced and some invited speaker will give general talk about food safety. We will hope this symposium contribute for the research of food safety in Japan and world.

The detail of this symposium is indicated in the program.

Research subjects and research team
  1. Prevention of mycotoxin contamination in agricultural products and fermented foods With Institute for Microbiology and Toxicology, Federal Center for Meat Research, Germany

  2. Food safety enhancement for fresh produce with Eastern Regional Research Center (ERRC), Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S.A.

  3. Collaborative study of evaluation methods for safety on food and feed materials with Central Science Laboratory, MAFF, UK

  4. Development of Evaluation system for Food Processing With Predictive Microbiology with Lillie research center of INRA, France
If you want to attend this symposium, please send the registration from by fax or e-mail to Dr. Isobe (Correspondence) as below. The fee is free. And the reception will be planed the evening of first day (November 6). The fee is 5000 ¥ (Japanese Yen), if you want to attend, please note in the registration form. The dead line is October 20, but The number of limited (250 peoples), so if the number will be reached, we will close the registration, please understand this situation.

Correspondence:

Secretary of this symposium
Seiiciro Isobe
Food Processing Laboratory, National Food Research Institute (NFRI)
2-1-12 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8642, Japan
TEL: +81-298-38-8029
FAX: +81-298-38-8122
E-mail: seiichi@nfri.affrc.go.jp
Web: http://www.ag.kagawa-u.ac.jp/ismyco2003/index.html


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NFRI International Symposium on Food Safety2003

PROGRAM

DATE:

November 6th, 7th, 2003

PLACE:Tsukuba International Convention Center
(EPOCAL TSUKUBA)


Thursday, November 6th, 2003

9:20The Opening
9:45Opening Remarks by president of National Food Research Institute
Greeting by MAFF
10:15Key Note Lecture
"Quality of analytical data in food safety laboratory"
(Dr. Jean Marc Fremy, Research Laboratory for Food Quality and Hygiene, France)
11:00"Occurrence of ochratoxin A in food and assessment of dietary intake"
(Prof. Manfred Gareis, Federal Center of Meat Research, Germany)
11:35"Prevention of deoxynivalenol contamination on wheat and rice"
(Dr. Kenji Tanaka, NFRI)
12:10"Current trends in mycotoxin research: deoxynivalenol and fumonisins"
(Dr. Kenneth A. Voss, Richard B. Russell Agricultural Research Center' USDA, USA)
12:45Lunch Break
14: 00"The Role of Fresh Produce in Foodborne Illness: Past Experience and Future Trends"
(Dr. Keith A. Ito, the University of California, USA)
14: 35"Detection of pathogens in fruits and vegetables"
(Dr. Pin a M. Fratamico, ERRC. USDA, USA)
15:10"Food safety enhancement for fresh produce"
(Dr. Md. Latiful Bari, NFRI)
15: 4517:00 Reception (Restaurant in the Convention Center)


Friday, November 7th, 2003

9:15The Opening
9:30"Current situation on worldwide limits and regulations for mycotoxins"
(Dr. Hans P. van Egmond, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands)
10:05"Distribution of DON and NIV producing isolates in UK"
(Dr. Phillip Jennings, Central Science Laboratory, UK)
10: 40"Rubratoxin B, a forgotten hepatotoxic mycotoxin"
(Dr. Hitoshi Nagashima, NFRI)
11:15Key Note Lecture
"Control offood poisoning in Japan" (tentative)
(Dr. Susumu Kumagai, University of Tokyo)
11:50Lunch Break
13:30"Predictive microbiology, now and future (tentative)"
(Professor TA McMeekin)
14: 05"The French National Sym'Previus program: current software facilities and research activities"
(Dr. Jeanne-Marie Membre, INRA, France)
14: 40"Predictive microbiology by neural network for microorganism control" (tentative)
(Dr. Seiichiro ISOBE, NFRI)
15:15Closing Remark
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