Workshop Gent October 2009

Organization

Laboratory of Food Microbiology and Food Preservation (LFMFP), Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, in cooperation with the University of Stuttgart, Germany, and Wageningen University, Netherlands

 

Venue

Laboratory of Food Microbiology and Food Preservation (LFMFP), Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Building B, Room B0.004 and B0.0037

 

8. October 2009: Assessment of Food Safety Management Systems

Food safety is of fundamental importance to the European consumer, the food industry and the economy. The impact on trade and competitiveness is very substantial. Despite significant investment, the incidence of food derived diseases still increases in the EU.
The EU FP6 project „PathogenCombat“ attacks this pan-European problem through a holistic, multidisciplinary approach towards threats from new/emerging pathogens in the entire food chain. The impact in Europe of PathogenCombat with 44 Partners from 17 countries is bound to be very significant. PathogenCombat will contribute strongly to improve the effectiveness and uniformity in reducing the prevalence of foodborne pathogens in European food.

 

Objectives

Overall, this workshop will give insight in factors influencing the performance of your company specific FSMS.

In more detail, participants will learn about:

• Criteria for choosing (commercial) QA standard suitable for your company
• Current status of (commercial) QA standards and their similarity/differences
• Basic principles and definitions regarding Food Safety Management System

Principles of diagnostic instrument:

• How to use it as a tool for self assessment of the implemented FSMS 
• How to interpret the outcome of the self assessment

Principle of protocol for Micro-biological Assessment Scheme (MAS) 

• How to use the MAS in practice, 
• How to interpret data from MAS analysis

Lectures are combined with case studies, and there is a possibility to do a self assessment of your FSMS instrument during the workshop!

 

People of interest

QA or QC managers, quality responsible of SME´s or industrial companies in different food (Processing) sectors (meat, vegetable, dairy, among others) 

 

10. October 2009: Mild Decontamination and Preservation Techniques: a Challenge for the Food Industry

Food safety is of fundamental importance to the European consumer, the food industry and the economy. The impact on trade and competitiveness is very substantial. Despite significant investment, the incidence of food derived diseases still increases in the EU.

The EU FP6 project „PathogenCombat“ attacks this pan-European problem through a holistic, multidisciplinary approach towards threats from new/emerging pathogens in the entire food chain. The impact in Europe of PathogenCombat with 44 Partners from 17 countries is bound to be very significant. PathogenCombat will contribute strongly to improve the effectiveness and uniformity in reducing the prevalence of foodborne pathogens in European food.

Thursday afternoon Session (English):
Workshop for PathogenCombat SMEs

Friday morning Session (Dutch):
Novel processing technologies for Belgian Food Business Operators and PathogenCombat SMEs

Target audience: R&D managers, quality responsible dealing with product and process development