SELAMAT workshop EU ASIA cooperation on Food Safety: a strategy forward Lisbon, Portugal, 11 12 April 2005 Hans Marvin
CHINA SOUTH AFRICA Introduction to SELAMAT
ASEM Science and Technology Ministers Beijing 1999 ASEM: Asia Europe meeting Process of cooperation between 15 European member states, the European Commission and 10 Asian countries Development of a ASEM Food Safety Platform
ASEM workshop on Agrofood Bioethics, (June 2002, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) Identified subjects of mutual interest in relation to research, training and trade in 3 domains: Certification and Normalisation (I.e. exchange of methods, new detection methods, risk assessment) Sustainable Production Systems for Food Safety (unintended effects, public perception, transparency) Trade issues (i.e. market stability, traceability along the whole food chain [GM and organic])
SELAMAT Submitted a proposal (SELAMAT) EU FP 6 aiming at: Cooperation EU Asia on food safety Exchange knowledge generated in FP 6 Capacity building Set research agenda
SELAMAT Safety enhancement of Edible products, Legislation, Analysis and Management, with ASEM countries, by mutual Training & research Acronym: SELAMAT
SELAMAT: general information Type of Project: Specific Support Action (SSA) Overall coordinator: Dr. H.J.P. Marvin (RIKILT) Period: Aug 2004-July 2008 Budget: 597,000 EU contribution
Partners of SELAMAT Dr. Hans Marvin, RIKILT Institute of Food Safety, the Netherlands Prof. Dr. John Gilbert, Central Science Laboratory (CSL), United Kingdom Prof. Dr. Manuel Carrondo, Institute of Experimental and Technological Biology (IBET), Portugal Dr. Yufa Peng, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science (IPP CAAS), China Secretariat: Piet Stouten; RIKILT Institute of Food Safety
SELAMAT objectives The overall aim: To establish a permanent virtual platform on food safety This platform aims to: Promote European and Asian collaboration Contributing to opening up the European Research Area Mobilise the European and Asian Research Communities to support Communities and Asian foreign and development policies Develop an action oriented agenda for ASEM (Asia Europe Meeting S & T (Science & Technology) cooperation on food safety for conventional and GMO products Promote ways and means of effective networking, targeted continuing S & T dialogue
SELAMAT activities: set up the network, research growth in partnerships, where a solid participation of the Scientific Community, Political Bodies, Consumer and Producers Associations and Industry and Retail Organisations is embedded particularly well, organise one workshop per year, organise one course on food safety per year, set up a structure for a database for analytical methods, evaluate the food safety research agenda in an international perspective.
SELAMAT Coordinating Team Netherlands, United Kingdom, China, Malaysia EU Food Safety Platform ASEM Food Safety Platform ASIAN Food Safety Platform Impact of food on health Traceability processes along the food production chain Methods of analysis, detection and control Impact of food on health Traceability processes along the food production chain Methods of analysis, detection and control EU 6 th Framework Program Training & Mobility / Capacity building / IPR
SELAMAT Linked projects from EU 6 FP: Topic: Food Safety, risk assessment and communication SAFE FOODS (IP); coordinator: RIKILT Institute of Food Safety Topic: Development of reliable traceability methods and systems to establish the origin / mode of production of food products TRACE (NoE): coordinator: CSL Topic: New approaches towards monitoring and preventing chemical and biological contaminants in food products. BIOCOP (IP): coordinator Queen s University of Belfast (CSL and RIKILT are core members)
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SELAMAT: planned workshops and training courses Kick off Wageningen Workshop (1) Lisbon Workshop (2) Workshop (3) Workshop (4) 0 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48 Start Training course 1 Training course 2 Training course 3 Training course 4
Decision made at the kick off meeting It was agreed that the first focus should be on the development of a strong platform, perhaps the way the European Food Safety (EFSN) Platform was constructed by RIKILT and CSL may be used as an example. The following sequence should be followed: Forming a (sustainable!!) network (identify the most important gatekeepers / key persons in EU and Asia who should be invited to become member of the platform either as platform member or as member of the steering committee) Collecting information (regarding food safety problems, running projects, up coming events)
Objective of SELAMAT workshop 1 To establish a EU ASEM Food Safety Platform with the following characteristics Direct access to top experts on many expertise fields in EU and Asia Influence in research agenda setting Political influence Easy access to outcomes of EU frame work programs and ASEM counterpart Means to extend existing network Discuss sensitive information informally To develop plans for cooperation including training courses and workshops
Workshop Programme April 11 Morning session. 1. Opening: Hans Marviin 2. Introduction to IBET: Teresa Crespo 3. EU 6th FP: Elena Sachez Presentations of linked EU 6th FP projects 1. SAFE FOODS: Ellen van Kleef 2. BIOCOP: Mark Pullinger 3. TRACE: Paul Brereton Afternoon session Presentations of ASEM countries 1. China: Yufa Peng 2. Malaysia: Abdul Rahim 3. Korea: Jaeho Ha 4. Indonesia: Dedi Fardiaz 5. Thailand: Jocelyn Naewbanij
Workshop Programme (continued) April 12 Morning session Presentations of ASEM countries (continued) and ILSI Asia 1. Vietnam: Nguyen Dac Luc 2. Japan: Tadahiro Nagata 3. ILSI Asia: Boon Yee Yeong 4. Summary of previous presentation: John Gilbert Afternoon session Conclusions and Discussions Next training course How to proceed; influence research agenda (FP7?) Dissemination strategy Next meeting Visit of IBET facilities
Thank you for your attention Wageningen UR