Conference Agenda
Safe Food International Conference
Geneva, Switzerland
June 8–10, 2005
Crafting a Public Health Agenda
for Modern Food-Safety Systems
An International Meeting of Consumer NGOs
June 8, 2005
Welcome (WHO, FAO, SFI, IACFO, CI)
Introduction
The New Food Safety Systems: Scientific Reality and Consumer Concerns Combined
Maria Neira, President, Spanish Food Safety Area
Vice Minister of Health and Consumer Affairs
Improving Access to Safer Food in All Regions
Presentation by Jørgen Schlundt, Food Safety Program, WHO
Building on Our Strengths: Consumer Organizations Today
Risk Communication and Consumer Education
Sue Davies, WHICH, United Kingdom,
Rachel Sanchez, CUA, Uruguay
Product Testing and Food Safety Oversight
Maria Minard Guimaraes, PRO TESTE, Brazil
P. Duraisingam, FEDCOT, India
Moderator: Amadou Kanote, Consumers International -- Africa
Lunch: Regional caucus meetings
Discussion of Meeting Goals: Guidelines for Consumer Organizations to Promote Food Safety in their National Governments
WHO-FAO Food Safety “Models”
Jorgen Schlundt, WHO
Ezzeddine Boutrif, FAO
CSPI’s Development of “Global and Local” and “Guidelines”
Caroline Smith DeWaal, SFI
Moderator: Jorgen Schlundt
Review of Draft Guidelines
Foodborne Disease Surveillance and Investigation System (Guideline 2)
Model surveillance programs
SIRVETA and National Surveillance In Peru, Marisa Caipo, ASPEC, Peru
U.S. Surveillance Systems and “Outbreak Alert!,” Caroline Smith DeWaal, CSPI, U.S.
Moderator: Sue Davies
June 9, 2005
Review of Draft Guidelines
Food Laws/Food Control Management Structure (Guidelines 1 and 3)
Aleksandra Wesolowska, Polish Consumers Association
Alphonse Issi, MNC, Cameroon
Moderator: Ezzeddine Boutrif, FAO
Food Monitoring (Guideline 6)
Abgar Yeghoyan, Union for the Protection of Consumer Rights, Armenia
Shaun Kennedy, University of Minnesota, US
Moderator: Gerry Moy, WHO
Lunch
Keynote Address: “The Emerging Importance of Citizen Stakeholders: Lessons from the European Experience”
Geoffrey Podger, Executive Director, European Food Safety Authority
Review of Draft Guidelines (con’t)
Food Inspection (Guideline 4)
Presentations: Jaap Jansen, WHO
Houehoe Abile Romain, Ligue pour la Defense de Consommateur, Benin
Moderator: Cristina Tirado, WHO
Recall and Tracking Systems Presentation (Guideline 5)
Presentations: Bejon Misra, CCC, India
Robert Remy, Test-Achats, Belgium
Moderator: Greg Jaffe
June 10, 2005
Review of Draft Guidelines
Information, Education, Communication, and Training (Guideline 7)
Presentations: Marut Jatiket, Thailand Educational Foundation
Kimera Henry Richard, CONSENT, Uganda
Tu Wan-li, PEAC, China
Moderator: Bill Jeffery, CSPI, Canada
Funding Food Safety (Guideline 8)
Presentation Belinda Allen, Consumers Institute, New Zealand
Moderator: Ezzedine Boutrif, Food Program, FAO
Lunch
Review and Approve Final Report on the Guidelines
Discuss Advocacy Strategies for Promoting the Model Standards
New Proposals for Guidelines
New Technologies for Food Production
International Treaties and Standards
Discuss Future Activities of Safe Food International
Moderators: Jorgen Schlundt and Caroline Smith DeWaal
Closing Keynote: “Effective Consumer Participation at CODEX”
Stuart Slorach, Swedish Food Administration, Chair, Codex Alimentarius
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