SAFEFOODERASAFEFOODERA

Stakeholder Group meeting with Food Service SectorLjubljana, 8 - 9 February 2007

Objectives of the meeting

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

1. Options for co-operative initiatives on the advancement of food safety in the EU and world wide (platform for consumer protection?).

2. Interaction about food safety initiatives and desired areas for further research and development, between hospitality, food service and retail sectors and the national governments’ representatives responsible for food safety research

(2nd transnational call?).

WS1. 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

WS1: The 2nd objective of the meeting

3. What is the optimal Research Infrastructure from the invited stakeholders point of view to improve food safety research and to

deliver effective education and training.

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 (platform) 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).

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

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

Funders

(bureacrats)

Scientists

Industry

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

Optimal conditions for Research and

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.

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 - *Stakeholder and Countries expansion

Emerging risksPathogensChemical contaminats*Diet&health*National experts

Joint activitiesHarmonised

food safety training

*Optimal conditions for Research

*Optimal conditions for Training

EFSA

EU

Our Vision

Through partnerships OliVita AS aims to offer tasty foods which, when eaten on a daily basis, can reduce the risk

of developing atherosclerosis and stroke.

Our Vision

Through partnerships OliVita AS aims to offer tasty foods which, when eaten on a daily basis, can reduce the risk

of developing atherosclerosis and stroke.

Our Vision

Through partnerships OliVita AS aims to offer tasty foods which, when eaten on a daily basis, can reduce the risk

of developing atherosclerosis and stroke.

The data quality challenge

Productionof plants

Productionof animals

Slaughter house/dairy

Food processing Retail Consumer

Disease surveillance Systems

Environmentand climate

Risk-database

Industry / Authorities- Audit-Strategies- Sampling plans- Monitoringsystems- Risk reduction plans- HACCP

ConsumersProducersPoliticians

MediaScientists

Authorisations / Outcome of audits and investigations

Scientific Risk Assessment

Risk management Risk communication

Monitoring Research

Group A 

Food Service sector:

Marco Vallini BelgiumEmilio Gallego Zuazo SpainJohn Dyson UKLajos Borocz Hungary

Safefoodera:

Oddur Gunnarsson (C) Harmen Hofstra (R) Artur WilandMarta Sabec

Group B 

Food Service sector :

Mirjan Klok NederlandServet Topaloglu TurkeyBizhan Pourkomailian UKBrian Dixon UKEgemen Sayrac Turkey

Safefoodera:

Marcel Mengelers (C) Johs Kjosbakken (R) Sabine BonneckOla Eide