SAFEFOODERA Stakeholder Group meeting with industry Copenhagen, 14 - 15 December 2006 Objectives of the meeting.

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Stakeholder Group meeting with industryCopenhagen, 14 - 15 December 2006

Objectives of the meeting

20200808 “A European platform“A European platformfor protecting consumers for protecting consumers against food health risks”against food health risks”

The Staircase to The Staircase to the Futurethe Future

Information ExchangeInformation Exchange External External communicationcommunication

Strategic ActivitiesStrategic Activities

Joint ActivitiesJoint Activities

Transnational Transnational ActivitiesActivities

External External communicationcommunication

External External communicationcommunication

External External communicationcommunication

20042004 ERA-NET ERA-NETSAFEFOODERASAFEFOODERA

Information exchange and regions

Questionnaires

Food safety projects/activitiesManagement activities

Emerging risks

All SAFEFOODERA countries (n = 2303)

17 %

20 %

12 %

26 %

1 %

24 %

Nordic countries (n = 442)

19 %

0 %21 %

12 %

18 %

30 %

Central Europe (n = 1291)

10 %

1 %

13 %

27 %29 %

20 %

Mediterranean countries &Portugal (n = 567)

13 %

35 %0 % 11 %

10 %

31 %

New EU countries (n = 313)0 %

14 %

18 %

33 %

29 %

6 %

Emerging risks

Risk analysis

Contaminants

Traceability

Pathogens

Other topics

Provisional topics

All SAFEFOODERA countries (n = 261)

57 %17 %

4 % 22 %

Nordic countries (n = 68)

28 %

4 %

41 %

27 %

Central Europe (n = 162)

63 %

4 %

11 %

22 %

Data management

Consumerinformation

Analytical tools

Mathematicalmodelling

Others

Mediterranean countries & Portugal (n = 55)

29 %

0 %

25 %

46 %

New EU countries (n = 19)

11 %11 %

52 %

26 %

Emerging risks

To improve the process of launching future SAFEFOODERA calls

1. Discuss the roadmap (RM) used by SAFEFOODERA to select topics for the first pilot calls.

2. What are your suggestions for an improved roadmap for future calls?

The 1st objective of the meeting

The provisional strategic topicsThe provisional strategic topics were selected by were selected by Funders and decribed by Scientists

1. Emerging risks1. Emerging risks - A potential food or feed borne or diet-related hazard that may become a risk for human health in the (near) future.

2. Risk analysis in food safety2. Risk analysis in food safety - Methodologies in protecting the consumers against health risks and misleading information, including crisis management, consumer perception and risk/benefit analysis.

3. Contaminants3. Contaminants - Health risks from natural- and environmental contaminants in the food chain. 3.1 Process induced risk3.1 Process induced risk - Health risks from chemical pollution formed during processing of foods.

4. Traceability 4. Traceability - Documented and harmonised routines for recall of food products from the value chain - Development of reliable traceability methods and systems.

5. Pathogens5. Pathogens - Pathogen free production systems - From reactive to preventive and predictive actions.

Roadmap for selection of topics for pilot calls.

Funders and Scientists

Funders

Funders

Funders

Roadmap for selection of topics for pilot calls.

Evaluation criteria used by Funders : Step 1 to Step 3 - going from 70 to 12 topics

1) Relevance of society 2) Interest of stakeholders 3) Real or potential food safety problem 4) Need for SAFEFOODERA coordination 5) Community interest

SAFEFOODERA WG Topics - Scored Gross list

Criteria 1 Criteria 2 Criteria 3 Criteria 4 Criteria 5

Topics /Subtopics

Strategic Topic

subtopic nº SUM

Emerging Risk 2 23 24 22 28 26 123Pathogens 66 Decontamination (WS1) 25 25 21 25 23 119

Pathogens 56 Campylobacter (Q) 24 25 24 21 24 118

Pathogens 60 Pathogen free production systems (Q) 24 26 22 23 23 118

Pathogens 57 Salmonella (Q) 22 25 25 20 25 117

Data management (Q) = procedure to use/exchange all the available data & information (WS1)

Community interest

Relevance for society

Interest of stakeholders

Real or potential

food safety problem

Need for SAFEFOODERA coordination

Roadmap for selection of topics for pilot calls.

Shortlist A containing priority themes with high project or

activity frequency

Shortlist B containing priority themes with low project or activity

frequencyAnalytical tools (1033) Pathogen free production chains

(42)

Standardisation (500) Fraud reduction (77)

Data management & exchange (300)

Foodborne viruses (23)

Zoonosis (221) Emerging risks (50)

Persistent organic pollutants (200) Risk assessment (102)

  Food allergens (87)

  Mycotoxins (127)

Topics selection by Funders: Step 1 to Step 3 - going from 70 to 12 topics

Roadmap for selection of topics for pilot calls.

The 12 topics of the short list were further described in shortdocuments by Funders in cooperation with Scientists under

the following common headings:

1) Identification of problems 2) Formulation of the knowledge question 3) Strategic interest as a Pan-European project 4) Approach proposed to the problems

Roadmap for selection of topics for pilot calls.

Funders

Scientists

Funders

Funders

FundersFunders

Funders / Scientists

Roadmap for selection of topics for pilot calls.

Evaluation criteria used by Funders: Step 3 to Step 4 - going from 12 to 3 topics

1) National/ Regional relevance 2) Risk reduction at European level3) Risk reduction at National/ Regional level 4) Cost/benefit ratio5) Knowledge management / Research capacity

Criteria 1 Criteria 2 Criteria 3 Criteria 4 Criteria 5

Subtopics

ShortList SUM

Emerging Risk B 76 79 67 63 77 362

Zoonosis A 79 70 68 72 72 361

Pathogen free production systems (Q) B 75 70 60 70 63 338

POPs A 69 71 63 66 64 333

Food allergens B 66 68 61 66 68 329

Risk Assessment B 68 66 56 62 72 324

Micotoxins B 68 67 59 61 59 314

Analytical Tools (Q) A 66 60 52 68 65 311

Data management and Exchange A 63 60 57 64 63 307

Knowledge management/

Research capacity

National /Regionalrelevance

Risk reductionEuropean

level

Risk reduction

National/Regional level

Cost/benefitratio

Roadmap for selection of topics for pilot calls.

Priority themeShort-list

Sum of scores (the lower score the better)

Countries with possibilities to participate

in writing call text

Zoonosis A 52 18

Emerging Risk B 59 16

Pathogen free production systems

B 62 12

Food allergens B 78 13

Persistent organic pollutants

A 79 13

Risk Assessment B 90 11

Groups composed of Scientists from countries with possibilities to participate in writing the call text further

developed the selected topics.

One group for each topic

Finally, the Funders accepted the call text before the call was officially launched

Roadmap for selection of topics for pilot calls.

The first joint pilot call was launched on

1 October 2006

To coordinate food safety aspects of ongoing national/regional programmes

Emerging risksPat. free production

Zoonosis

Country

Bask-country   x x

Cyprus   x x

Denmark x x x

Germany x   x

Finland x x x

Netherlands x   x

Norway x x x

Portugal x   x

Iceland x x x

Sweden x x x

UK   x x

WS2: The 2nd objective of the meeting

What is the optimal Research Infrastructure in Emerging Risks from industry/funders point of view,

to improve food safety research and to deliver effective education and training.

Information exchange database*The virtual transnational food

safety programme of Europe> 2300 projects registered

topics known - content unknown

Strategic activitiesNeed for tailored information

Joint activitiesThe food safety conference”The food safety journal”

Transnational activitiesTransnational calls

The SAFEFOODERA platform - *Country expansion

Emerging risksPathogensChemical contaminats*Diet&health*National experts

Joint activitiesHarmonised

food safety training

*Optimal conditions for Research

*Optimal conditions for Training

EFSA

EU

Definition of Research Infrastructures

Research infrastructures are tools,“single-sited”, “distributed” or “virtual””, that provide essential services to the scientific community:

Communication networks, databases, biological archives, libraries, research vessels………

Research infrastructure play a key role in the creation of knowledge, in the diffusion of knowledge and its application and exploitation.

Research infrastructure could be an established link between stakeholders to facilitate pan-European dissemination and exploitation of food safety results.

Optimal use of research infrastructures of pan-European interest is one of the priorities of the Standing Committee for Agricultural Research (SCAR).

Research infrastructures must provide a range of unique support services forresearch that are critical to delivery:

unique data management

interpretation and handling capacities

‘knowledge management infrastructures’ (such as statistics, design technologies, epidemiology, risk assessment expertise, data archives, and ‘social science’ infrastructures)

unique support facilities (such as high-level containment and experimental/housing facilities and expert trained support personnel).

An infrastructure of pan-European interest may be defined as having one or several of the following characteristics:

it is required for research of high added value at the European level

it is expensive in terms of investment and/or running costs

it is required in the long term

it is required at the European level, but not justified at a national one

it is required by several fields of research

it is required for an efficient use of common resources

Five research infrastructures seems presently to be insufficiently taken inaccount at a European level:  

Long term experiments and observatories

Technological centres for process studies

Facilities to study animal diseases

Human nutrition research centres

Infrastructures that support research and deliver training

1. What are the main field of research infrastructures that are needed to improve food safety research, education and training?

2. What are the main existing research infrastructures facilities capable of improving the European capacity in food safety research, education and training?

3. What are the main obstacles to share research infrastructures in food safety research, education and training at the European level?

4. What are your suggestions for a better or optimal common use of these research infrastructures?

5. Will future food safety research, education and training have a demand for networking of distributed facilities, “virtual” centres and clusters of expertise, and therefore for management?

Consider the issue of research infrastructures of European added value in the context of future coordination of food safety research, education and training.

Future co-operation of Pan-European Networks in Food Sciences, Safety and Technology: Beyond SAFEFOODERA

Funders

(bureacrats)Scientists

Industry

Optimal conditions for Research and

Training

Network of national and EU

Funders

All EU MS and AMS +

Network of scientific research

institutes and universities

members in all EU MS and AMS +

CIAA

The Retail and Food

service sector

Consumers

Group A 

Industry:

Marino PETRACCO ILLYHans Elbek PEDERSEN DANISCOWilly GEERAERTS BARRY-CALLEBAUTGeoff THOMPSON DANONE Gunna WÜRTZEN SRA Beate KETTLITZ CIAA (C)

Safefoodera:

Philippe Verger INRAMaria Landgren VINNOVAHartmut Waldner BVLHarmen Hofstra SAFECONSORTIUM (R)Oddur Gunnarsson NICEMads Peter Schreiber NICE

Group B 

Industry:

Lisbeth MUNKSGAARD LMN (C)Herwig BERNAER BARRY-CALLEBAUTMiroslav KOBERNA Czech FederationSue O’HAGAN UNILEVERRoon VAN HOOIJDONK CAMPINARichard STADELER NESTLE

Safefoodera:

Alisdair Wotherspoon FSA (R) Boris Antunovic CROATIAN FOOD AGENCYMarcel Mengelers VWA Sabine Bonniek BVLOla Eide NICE