27 Jan
2
Day
Programme
Registration desk opens at 08:30
09:00 - 09:15 Welcome and Introduction
Linda Monaci, CNR-ISPA, Italy
Roland Poms, MoniQA Association, Austria
Session 1
Chair: Linda Monaci, CNR-ISPA, Italy
09:15 - 09:45 iFAAM – integrated food allergy and allergen management
Clare Mills, University of Manchester, Coordinator of the iFAAM Project, UK
09:45 - 10:15 Food allergy of the Mediterranean Diet
Luigi Macchia, MD, PhD, University of Bari – Aldo Moro, School and Chair of Allergology and
Clinical Immunology, Italy
10:15 - 10:45 Food allergen labelling from a risk assessment and regulatory perspective
Samuel Godefroy, Laval University, Canada
10:45 - 11:15 Coffee Break
Networking
Posters and Exhibition
Session 2
Chair: Samuel Godefroy, Laval University, Canada
11:15 - 11:35 Food allergen recalls: what can we learn?
Luca Bucchini, Hylobates, Italy
11:35 - 11:55 Allergen labelling and pre-cautionary labelling – the consumer perspective
Audrey DunnGalvin, University of Cork, Ireland
11:55 - 12:15 VITAL 2.0 – how industry benefits from food allergen management support tools
Robin Sherlock, DTS FACTA, Australia
12:15 - 12:35 The Swiss model of collaboration between industry and authorities by applying food
allergen action limits
Daniel Imhof, Head Official Food Control Authority Brunnen, Switzerland
12:35 - 13:00 Round Table Discussion
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
Networking
Posters and Exhibition
Session 3
Chair: Roland Poms, MoniQA Association, Austria
14:00 - 14:25 What do we need to measure? How should it be reported? And how low can we go?
Michael Walker, Referee Analyst in the Laboratory of the Government Chemist, LGC, UK
14:25 - 14:50 Development and validation of effective food allergen control plans
Melanie Downs, FARRP, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
14:50 - 15:15 Methods of analysis – are we any better now than 10 years ago?
Linda Monaci, ISPA-CNR, Italy
15:15 - 15:40 Rapid methods in food allergen management
Ronald Niemeijer, R-Biopharm, Germany
15:40 - 15:50 Discussion
15:50 - 16:10 Coffee Break
Networking
Posters and Exhibition
Effective Food Allergen Management