Programme

1. 13 Dec 2019,
   08:00 AM - 05:00 PM CET

   Conference ProgrammeModerator: Corinna Egerer)
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   Time
   Topic
   Venue
   08:00-09:00
   Registration and welcome coffee
    
   09:00-09:30
   Opening and introduction

   • Stella Kyriakides, Commissioner for Health and Food Safety
   • Dr Jaana Husu-Kallio, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, for the Finnish Presidency of the Council of the EU
   • Anja Hazekamp - Vice Chair of the Committee on the Environment, Public and Food Safety of the European Parliament

   GASP
   09:30-10:15
   New Official Controls Regulation – an overview (including tertiary legislation and RASFF/IMSOC)

   • Bernard van Goethem, Director Crisis management in food, animals and plants - DG SANTE
   • Andrea Gavinelli, Head of Unit Official controls and eradication of diseases in animals - DG SANTE

   GASP
   10:15-10:45
   Coffee break
    
   10:45-11:45
   Parallel sessions1. Panel discussion: Official controls of plants

   • Josep M. Pagès, ENA – European Nurserystock Association
   • Sylvie Mamias, Unionfleurs
   • Pauline Cazaban, Ministry of Agriculture, France
   • Thorwald Geuze, Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority, The Netherlands
   • Rosalinda Scalia, Plant health, DG SANTE
   • Hélène Klein, Head of Sector TRACES - IMSOC, DG SANTE

   GASP
   Until 11:30
   2. 40 years of RASFF: “All you need is RASFF?” – Changes impacted by the Official Controls Regulation - Philippe Loopuyt, Head of Unit Alerts, traceability and committees, DG SANTE

   • Jan Baele – RASFF Head of Sector, RASFF, DG SANTE
   • Leena Räsänen (Ruoka) - Director of Food Safety Department of Ruokavirasto, Finland: “RASFF-case story”

   MANS
   11:45-12:45
   Parallel sessions 1. Panel discussion: Enforcement of EU legislation

   • Aidan O'Connor, Head of Unit Country knowledge and Enforcement, DG SANTE
   • Ana Canals, AESAN (Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition), Spain
   • Dr. Mary Canty, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Ireland
   • Petr Čejka, Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority, Czech Republic
   • Lina Koufokotsiou, Team Leader - Organic Farming / Control, Monitoring and Supervision, DG AGRI
   • Dr Thomas Jemmi, Deputy Director General, FSVO (Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office), Switzerland

   GASP
   11:30-12:30
   2. 40 years of RASFF: “All you need is RASFF?” – Panel discussion on Transparency - Bernard Van Goethem, Director Crisis management in food, animals and plants - DG SANTE

   • Dr. Rebeca Fernandez - Director Food Policy, Science and R&D, FoodDrinkEurope
   • Karine Jacquemart - Director General, Foodwatch France

   MANS
   12:45-14:15
   Lunch break
    
   14:15-15:30
   Parallel sessions: 1. Panel discussion: Official controls – the role of stakeholders

   • Mrs Deidre Webb, FEFAC (European Feed Manufacturers' Federation)
   • Paolo Patruno, Deputy Secretary General, CLITRAVI, (Liaison Centre for the Meat Processing Industry in the European Union
   • Camille Perrin, BEUC (European Consumer Organisation)
   • Els Bedert, Eurocommerce
   • Wouter Lox, Secretary General, AIJN (European Fruit Juice Association)

   GASP
   14:00-15:00
   2. 40 years of RASFF: “All you need is RASFF?” – Cooperation - Jan Baele, Head of Sector, RASFF, DG SANTE

   • Presentation by Dr. Ceyhur Gungor, WHO INFOSAN Secretariat: “INFOSAN: learning from the past and looking to the future”
   • Presentation by Mrs Wipada Saengkham, ASEAN on "Reinforcing cooperation on food safety in ASEAN countries: the ASEAN RASFF network"
   • Presentation by Dr. Georg Schreiber, Deputy Head of Directorate 'Food Safety' BVL, Germany, on e-commerce achievements and prospects

   MANS
   15:00-16:00
   3. 40 years of RASFF: “All you need is RASFF?” – Smarter data = better analysis - Jan Baele, Head of Sector, RASFF, DG SANTE

   • Presentation by Dr. Ana Afonso, Team Leader Emerging Risks, EFSA on EFSA’s assistance to RASFF
   • Presentation by Dr. Ákos Jóźwiak, National Food Chain Safety Office (NÉBIH), Hungary, “Role of Data Science in Food Chain Safety Decision Making: Current Status and Future Trends”

   MANS
   14:15-15:45
   4. Protecting the EU plant health in a changing world - Dorothée Andre, Head of Unit Plant Health, DG SANTE

   • Harry Arijs, EU Commission Deputy head of Unit plant health- The new plant health law and awareness raising
   • Almansa de Lara Valentín, Director General for animal and plant health of the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture- Member State view on some of the new elements of the plant health law: prevention and surveillance
   • Philip Binard,  General Delegate Freshfel Europe – The new plant health regime: new tools for protecting EU producers and boost trade
   • Maria Bergsma-Vlami, Director of the EURL for bacteriology – the EURLs activities in supporting the effectiveness of official controls in plant health
   • Giuseppe Stancanelli, Deputy head of Unit Animal and Plant health EFSA –Commodity risk assessments, Horizon scanning and survey cards
   • Elisabetta Balzi, Head of Unit JRC ISPRA - Innovative technologies to support early detection of pests
   • Jesus Barreiro Hurle, JRC SEVILLA - Science for Policy in the implementation of Plant Health Regulation
   • Francoise Petter, Assistant Director EPPO – EPPO activities in support of the plant health legislative framework
   • Ralph Lopian, Chair of the International Steering Committee for the IYPH (FAO-IPPC)- Toward the international year of plant health

   JENK
   15:30-16:00
   Coffee break
    
   16:00-16:45
   Panel discussion: Official controls and global trade

   • Michael Scannell, Director - for Common Market Organisations for agricultural products DG AGRI
   • Paul Lopez , President- AVEC (European poultry meat)
   • Flavio Coturni, Head of Unit, Agriculture, Fisheries, Sanitary and Phytosanitary Market Access, Biotechnology, DG TRADE
   • Dirk Lange, Head of Unit Multilateral international relations, DG SANTE
   • Dr. Ritu Nalubola, Director of the European Office of the Food and Drug Administration, USA
   • Guus Pastoor, President, AIPCE (European Fish Processors Association)

   GASP
   16:45-17:00
   Closing remarks

   • Bernard van Goethem, Director Crisis management in food, animals and plants - DG SANTE

   GASP
   Venue Key:

   • GASP = GASP room
   • JENK = LORD JENKINS room
   • MANS = SICCO MANSHOLT room

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